. On safari : big game hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life . SOMALI HUNTERS IN MIDDAY UNDllESS. (Eluii Hassan ou right.). SAFAPJ AWAITING THE ORDER TO .START—NAIROBI. IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA 119 While you perform a five-minutes ablution outside thedoor, the tent behind you has come down as by magic ;and even the canvas wash-basin will be whipped awayfrom beneath your yet dripping person. Breakfast isset out beneath yon shady tree, and ere a hasty meal isfinished, the whole camp-outfit is ready to move, packscompleted, burdens assorted and assigned, each manknowing his own.
. On safari : big game hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life . SOMALI HUNTERS IN MIDDAY UNDllESS. (Eluii Hassan ou right.). SAFAPJ AWAITING THE ORDER TO .START—NAIROBI. IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA 119 While you perform a five-minutes ablution outside thedoor, the tent behind you has come down as by magic ;and even the canvas wash-basin will be whipped awayfrom beneath your yet dripping person. Breakfast isset out beneath yon shady tree, and ere a hasty meal isfinished, the whole camp-outfit is ready to move, packscompleted, burdens assorted and assigned, each manknowing his own. The whole operation has been per-formed with a degree of smartness, method and silentefficiency that surprises. Men such as these representvaluable material. Similar scenes will be observed on arrival at the nextcamping-point. Without a word said, ones own tent willhave been erected complete—ground-sheets laid, bed setup, table and chairs arrayed in a grove hard by—allwithin a few short minutes. The brushwood over half-an-acre has been cleared away with , the cook and his mates have their firesalight, and dinner
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