CHAPTER IV
STARTING "ON TREK"
On the march into "the back of beyond"--Packing our "chop boxes"--Quinine--"I didn't want to do it"--The starting of the caravan--Good-bye to Kamina--Kindly forethought of the Duke of Mecklenburg--Our first day's march-- Sleeping out in the bush--Rest-houses--Our operator goes astray--Dish-washing extraordinary--Our cook disappears --To return with a wife--I try my hand at bush cooking-- "Feed the brute"--A native belle 49-56