BAQAMOYO TO MPWAPWA. 45 Early in the morning, i.e. about five o'clock, one gets up, the cook having risen earlier to prepare breakfast. While despatching this meal the servants are packing beds, bedding, and other things which may have been used ; then the Europeans of the party go out and see that the porters are getting their loads, look after the saddling of the donkeys, pack up the scientific instruments, and despatch the sick, who should always start before the caravan, that they may not be left on the road. Meanwhile the servants have taken down and packed up the tents, and all being ready, the word is given to the kilangozi. who generally carries an antelope's horn, which he blows as a signal to start ; he then shoulders his load, takes up the flag, and the caravan sets off in single file across the country. If there are two or more Europeans of the party, one should go in front of the main body to secure any game that may be seen 'before it is frightened away by the cries of the porters, who beguile the tedium of the way by songs and shouting. One or two of the Europeans should remain till the last, to see all safely out of camp and to make sure that nothing has been forgotten or left behind. If the march be a short one, no halt is made till the next camp is reached, but if it is a long one a rest is generally taken after three hours' journey, a large rock, a shady tree, or a stream of water being selected as the stopping-place. After a rest of an hour or two, which the Europeans of the party