. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . t is fenced around by bushor trees. Those unemployed inthis duty will erect tents. The boma must be round withtwo gates well masked by atleast five yards of bush. The diameter of the campshould be about 250 feet. Tentsand baggage piled in the centre,the huts will range around aninner circle of about 200 feet indiameter. The above relates only to thecircumstances attending thetransit of a caravan through adangerous country, unattendedby more than the troubles natu-rally arising from the impulsiveattacks of
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . t is fenced around by bushor trees. Those unemployed inthis duty will erect tents. The boma must be round withtwo gates well masked by atleast five yards of bush. The diameter of the campshould be about 250 feet. Tentsand baggage piled in the centre,the huts will range around aninner circle of about 200 feet indiameter. The above relates only to thecircumstances attending thetransit of a caravan through adangerous country, unattendedby more than the troubles natu-rally arising from the impulsiveattacks of pulse of the country which we shall traverse will be felt by theadvance guard, of course. If the obstacles in the front are serious, andthreaten to be something more than a mere impulse, or temporary,messages will be sent to the main body announcing their character. Wherever practicable we shall camp in villages, if the natives havedeserted them, for the sake of obtaining food, but such villages must berendered defensive at once. Officers should remember that it is in tho. Diagram of our forest camps. MEMORANDUM FOB OFFICERS OF ADVANCE COLUMN. 131 nature of their black soldiers, Soudanese, Somalis or Zanzibaris, to be jggythoughtless and indifferent, to scatter thenaselves about in the most heed- june manner. They must take my assurance that more lives are lost in Y„jjjjjuy„this manner than by open warfare. Therefore their mens lives I consider ^ are in the hands of their officers, and the officer wlio will not relax hisenergy and rigid enforcement of orders until everything is made snug andtight for the night, will be the most valuable assistant in this Expeditionfor me. Arriving at the intended halting place for the night, if a village,the officer should first cast his eyes about for lodgment of his people;select such as will be uniform with those already occupied by the precedingcompany, and those to be occupied by the succeeding company or com-panies
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