. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPEDITION »53 A good pair of binoculars with a strap to hang them around theneck is an important detail of the outfit. After supplies and equipment have been selected and orderedthere remains only the matter of securing a safari or caravan. Thisconsists of a head man and his head porter, gun bearers, syces orgrooms for the rid
. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPEDITION »53 A good pair of binoculars with a strap to hang them around theneck is an important detail of the outfit. After supplies and equipment have been selected and orderedthere remains only the matter of securing a safari or caravan. Thisconsists of a head man and his head porter, gun bearers, syces orgrooms for the riding horses or mules, tent boys or personal servants,cooks and, last but far from least, the porters. These vary in numbersaccording to the number in the party and the length of the stay in theinterior. The Roosevelt party started with more than two entire safari is native of course and consists usually of Somalis,Swahilis, Kikuyu, Wakamba, Uganda, Matabele, Masai, etc. Of thesethe Somalis receive the highest wages, as they are superior in everyway to the rest. As gun bearers their bravery in a tight place makes. THE SERVICE REVOLVER Useful at close quarters them invaluable, and as porters they are able to carry greater weightsthan any of the other tribes. Mr. R. J. Cunninghame, the leader ofMr. Roosevelts safari, takes exception to the Somalis, however,claiming that punishment is absolutely necessary in handling EastAfrican natives. Somalis will not stand beating, and it is difficultto enforce discipline and keep them up to their work without it. Theother natives expect beating as part of the days work and M/ill liedown on order to take their whipping with the heavy sjambok orhippopotamus hide whip common to South and East Africa. These preliminaries having been arranged for Mr. Roosevelt, allthat was necessary for him to do on arriving at Mombasa was to takethe train on the Uganda Railway to Nairobi, pick up his outfit andbegin hunting. 154 PREPARATIONS FOR THE EX
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