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to eighty compact bundles which include the food 
for the porters, the ant-proof food boxes with our 
own food, and the horns and skins of our trophies. 
The work of breaking camp is reduced to a science. 
Our gunbearers are waiting and the saises with 
the mules are in readiness. So we start off, usually 
Our Safari on the March 
walking the first hour or two, with gunbearers and 
saises and mules trailing along behind. Soon after¬ 
ward we look back to see the long procession of 
porters following along in single file. Our tent 
boys carry our third rifle, and behind them all comes 
the head-man, ready to spur on any lagging porters. 
The early morning hours are bright and cool, 
