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would be relieved of the anxiety of preparation, 
and it is hardly likely that he would ever regret hav¬ 
ing taken this course. The dealings of our safari 
with Messrs. Newland and Tarlton were most satis¬ 
factory in all respects and the charges they made 
were entirely reasonable. To the one who desires 
to make this trip in this, the simplest way, there is 
the need of giving only one suggestion: Let him 
write to one of the outfitting firms, stating the 
length of time that he can spend in the field, the 
class of game that he chiefly wishes to get, the num¬ 
ber of white men in his party, and the season of the 
year that he plans to he in Africa. The outfitters 
will then answer, giving all the particulars of cost 
and equipment. This is the course that I should 
recommend for the average hunter who has had no 
previous experience in Africa. It will save him the 
trouble of making an endless amount of prepara¬ 
tion, much of which will be useless because of his 
ignorance of conditions in that field of sport. 
In the case of our own safari, we bought our 
guns, tents, ammunition, foods and entire equip¬ 
ment in London and had it shipped to Nairobi. 
This equipment contemplated a trip of six months 
in the field, and included sixty-five “chop boxes” of 
sixty pounds each, containing foods. These chop 
boxes were of wood, with lids and locks, twenty of 
which were tin lined for use in packing specimens 
later in the trip, and all marked with bands of vari¬ 
ous colors to identify their contents. The boxes 
contained the following supplies: 
