Preparations for the Journey 7 
IV. Personal Materials loads 
Ten tents (three loads each). 3 ° 
Two awnings ... ^ 
Ten beds ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 
Chairs and tables ... ... ••• ••• ••• ^4 
Washing-utensils, pail, stands ... ... ••• ••• lo 
Rope . 3 
Petroleum ... ... ... • • • • • • • • • • • • ^ 
Washing soap ... ... ... .•• ••• ••• ••• 3 
Candles (320 lb.) ... ••• ^ 
Cooking apparatus ... ... ... .•• ••• ••• 4 
Food-baskets ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 
Filters, pump-kettles and strainers, boiler floats, etc. ... i 
Cigars ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 9 
Four patrol tents ... ... ... . 4 
Washing-bags with sheets and bed linen ... ... ... 10 
Provisions ... ... ... ... •. ••• 200 
Beverages ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 180 
Flour, rice, etc, . .180 
Reserve loads ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 
As it would have been out of the question to convey this 
vast number of chests and cases along with us by means of one 
big bearer column, I ordered the most indispensable portion off 
to Bukoba, and the remaining and larger part to Entebbe. 
Finding, too, that it would be exceedingly difficult to provide 
adequately for any length of time for such a caravan as ours, 
more especially as we were to traverse districts where but little 
sustenance would be obtainable for our ycx) men, Lieutenant von 
Wiese proposed to establish stations along the line of march, 
which would be visited at stated periods by supplementary 
caravans despatched from Entebbe. These extra caravans were 
to be chiefly employed in conveying commissariat for the 
Europeans and bearers, loads of goods for barter and scientific 
apparatus, etc. This disposition worked out capitally; all the 
caravans, excepting one, reached their destined stations at the 
