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Five
Cochrane
's
water-bottles
,
each
holding
four
pints
.
Five
blankets
.
Twenty-five
pounds
'
weight
of
biltong
--
i.
e.
sun-dried
game
flesh
.
Ten
pounds
'
weight
of
best
mixed
beads
for
gifts
.
A
selection
of
medicine
,
including
an
ounce
of
quinine
,
and
one
or
two
small
surgical
instruments
.
Our
knives
,
a
few
sundries
,
such
as
a
compass
,
matches
,
a
pocket
filter
,
tobacco
,
a
trowel
,
a
bottle
of
brandy
,
and
the
clothes
we
stood
in
.
This
was
our
total
equipment
,
a
small
one
indeed
for
such
a
venture
,
but
we
dared
not
attempt
to
carry
more
.
Indeed
,
that
load
was
a
heavy
one
per
man
with
which
to
travel
across
the
burning
desert
,
for
in
such
places
every
additional
ounce
tells
.
But
we
could
not
see
our
way
to
reducing
the
weight
.
There
was
nothing
taken
but
what
was
absolutely
necessary
.
With
great
difficulty
,
and
by
the
promise
of
a
present
of
a
good
hunting-knife
each
,
I
succeeded
in
persuading
three
wretched
natives
from
the
village
to
come
with
us
for
the
first
stage
,
twenty
miles
,
and
to
carry
a
large
gourd
holding
a
gallon
of
water
apiece
.
My
object
was
to
enable
us
to
refill
our
water-bottles
after
the
first
night
's
march
,
for
we
determined
to
start
in
the
cool
of
the
evening
.
I
gave
out
to
these
natives
that
we
were
going
to
shoot
ostriches
,
with
which
the
desert
abounded
.
They
jabbered
and
shrugged
their
shoulders
,
saying
that
we
were
mad
and
should
perish
of
thirst
,
which
I
must
say
seemed
probable
;
but
being
desirous
of
obtaining
the
knives
,
which
were
almost
unknown
treasures
up
there
,
they
consented
to
come
,
having
probably
reflected
that
,
after
all
,
our
subsequent
extinction
would
be
no
affair
of
theirs
.
All
next
day
we
rested
and
slept
,
and
at
sunset
ate
a
hearty
meal
of
fresh
beef
washed
down
with
tea
,
the
last
,
as
Good
remarked
sadly
,
we
were
likely
to
drink
for
many
a
long
day
.
Then
,
having
made
our
final
preparations
,
we
lay
down
and
waited
for
the
moon
to
rise
.
