d neither view is
open to criticism. All either man is justified in saying is that he,
personally, wouldn't get much fun out of doing it the other way. As a
matter of fact, human nature generally goes beyond its justifications
and is prone to criticise. The Englishman waxes a trifle caustic on the
subject of "pigging it"; and the American indulges in more than a bit
of sarcasm on the subject of "being led about Africa like a dog on a
string."

By some such roundabout mental process as the above the American comes
to the conclusion that he need not necessarily adopt the other fellow's
method of playing this game. His own method needs modification, but it
will do. He ventures to leave out the tables and easy chair, takes a
camp stool and eats off a chop box. To the best of his belief his health
does not suffer from this. He gets on with a camper's allowance of
plate, cup and cutlery, and so cuts out a load and a half of assorted
kitchen utensils and table ware. He even does without a tablecloth and
napkins! He discards the lime juice and siphons, and purchases a
canvas evaporation bag to cool the water. He fires one gunbearer, and
undertakes the formidable physical feat of carrying one of his rifles
himself. And, above all, he modifies that grub list. The purchase of
waterproof bags gets rid of a lot of tin: the staple groceries do quite
as well as London fancy stuff. Golden syrup takes the place of all the
miscellaneous jams, marmalades and other sweets. The canned goods go
by the board. He lays in a stock of dried fruit. At the end, he is
possessed of a grub list but little different from that of his Rocky
Mountain trips. Some few items he has cut down; and some he has
substituted; but bulk and weight are the same. For his three months'
trip he has four or five chop boxes all told.

And then suddenly he finds that thus he has made a reduction all along
the line. Tent load, two men; grub and kitchen, five men; personal, one
man; bed, one man; miscellaneous, one or two. There is now no need for
headmen and askaris to handle this little lot. Twenty more to carry food
for the men-he is off with a quarter of the number of his first "modest
safari."

You who are sportsmen and are not going to Africa, as is the case with
most, will perhaps read this, because we are always interested in how
the other fellow does it. To the few who are intending an exploration
of the dark continent this concentration of a year's experience ma