Now as to boxes, and I have done.
I should strongly advise against the usual leather cabin trunks; they are so heavy that, although it is true that they fit under a berth, it is a herculean task to pull them out for anything you may happen to want. They are likewise too heavy and too large for one carrier’s load, and so are useless for camp travelling; they wear badly too under rough usage, which they are quite certain to get. Use regulation tin ‘uniform cases,’ sized approximately 36 in. × 12 in. × 15 in. This is the ideal size for a carrier’s load, which he carries on his head, steadied with one hand, so you can imagine that anything much wider than the above dimensions is a great sorrow to him. But I think, for the sake of your skirts, you might be allowed one box a little longer, say 42 in., or just long enough to take a skirt without folding; for the average carrier will make no objection as to length, so long as you consider his feelings as to width. You will find these boxes handier too in the cabin; you can put a couple of them under the sofa-berth, and feel fairly independent of the sea that comes in once or twice on every voyage. On the journey up river, on the little stern-wheelers, space is a great consideration, and a big trunk quite un-get-at-able; one feels less compunction in improvising a seat out of a tin box than out of a leather one, and seats have to be improvised very often on these occasions!
The following list is only intended as a basis to work on, and to be added to as your fancy dictates and your purse allows:—
- Six cambric night-dresses.
- Two flannel night-dresses.
- Twelve cambric combinations.
- Six pairs cambric knickers.
- Twelve spun silk vests.
- Six pairs tan thread stockings.
- Six pairs black thread stockings.
- Three white petticoats.
- Two silk moirette petticoats (wears much better than silk).
- Two dozen handkerchiefs.
- Six pairs corsets.
- Twelve camisoles.
- One white (washing) dressing-gown.
- One woollen dressing-gown.
- Four linen skirts.
- Two holland or drill skirts.
- Two muslin dresses.
- One cloth gown.
- One tea-gown.
- Two evening gowns.
- Blouses ad. lib.
- One habit skirt.
- Four riding coats.
- Two pairs riding breeches.
- Two Panama hats.
- One solar topi.
- One light coat.
- One en-tout-cas.
- One sunshade.
- One mackintosh.
- One pair thick tan boots.
- One pair tan walking boots.
- One pair tan glacé walking shoes.
- One pair black glacé walking shoes.
- Six pairs house slippers.
- One pair tan riding boots.
INDEX
- A
- Abadie, Captain, [107]
- “Aerolite,” [174]
- Aiede, [19]
- Albino, [20]
- Anglo-French Boundary Commission, [184], [185]
- Anglo-German Boundary Commission, [50]
- Ant hills, [18]
- Arab merchants, [140]
- Ashburnham, Captain, [2]
- Astride, riding, [265]
- B
- Badjibo, [155]
- Balu, [181]
- Bargery, Mr. and Mrs., [190]
- Bebeji, [71]
- Benue, river, [50]
- Bida, [27], [185]
- market of, [189]
- “Binkie,” [62]
- Bird-life, [156]
- Black Swan, [50]
- Borgu, [147]
- people of, [177]
- superstitions of, [178]
- Boxes, [301]
- “Boys,” [214]
- Bryophyllum, [139]
- Bunu language, [121]
- funeral ceremonies, [122]
- Burglary, [63]
- Burutu, [3]
- Bussa, [160]
- C
- Camp life, [271]
- kitchen, [278]
- provisions, [289]
- Cannas, [17]
- Carriers, [282]
- Carts (mono-wheel), [66]
- Chop-boxes, [272]
- Churn, [234]
- Cook, native, [208]
- Coronation Day, [22], [25]
- Cows, [234]
- D
- Dogs, [221]
- feeding of, [223]
- dosing of, [224]
- “Doki boy,” [259], [262]
- Duck-shooting, [42]
- E
- Egga, [37]
- Ekiurin, [17]
- Erun, [22]
- F
- Filter, [201]
- Fish, [157]
- “Flamboyant,” [7]
- “Fritz,” [151]
- Fruit, [214]
- Furniture, [196]
- bedroom, [202]
- G
- Ganna, [40], [89]
- Garden, [239]
- flower, [240]
- verandah, [248]
- vegetable, [249]
- Girouard, Sir Percy, K.C.M.G., [191]
- Gloriosa Superba, [12]
- Goldsmith, Mr., [26]
- H
- Hadeija, [99]
- Emir of, [100]
- departure from, [104]
- Hasler, Major, [70]
- Hausa embroidery, [30]
- scholarship, [59]
- Home, the, [195]
- Horse-doctor, native, [57]
- Horses, feeding of, [260]
- Household, [205]
- wages of, [206]
- servants, [207]
- Housekeeping, [210]
- I
- Igarra, [127]
- Ilesha, [170]
- funeral at, [171]
- Illo, [161]
- Incubator, [229]
- Isochelis, [139]
- J
- Jebba, the, [58]
- Jebba, [153]
- Ju-ju hill, [124]
- house, [17]
- rock, [154]
- K
- Kabba, [15], [112], [115]
- Ilorin boundary, [138]
- Kaiama, [167]
- Sariki of, [168]
- Kano, [73]
- Emir of, [79]
- residency, [82]
- Karonga, the, [5]
- Karshi, [108]
- Katāgum, [92]
- Keffi, [47]
- Kemball, General and Mrs., [35]
- Kigelia Africana, [139]
- Kishra, [176]
- Kitchen, Nigerian, [209]
- L
- Lawn, [244]
- Lions, [166]
- Lokoja, [8]
- Look-out hill, [120]
- Lukpa, [15]
- M
- Marabouts, [96]
- Meat, [211]
- Mexican poppy, [138]
- Moloney, Captain, [54]
- Momo, [39]
- Mosquito net, [203]
- Mungo Park, death of, [175]
- Mureji, [110]
- Murmur, [97]
- Mussaenda Elegans, [13]
- N
- Nassuf, [140]
- O
- Oduapi, [13]
- Osé River, [21]
- Ostrich, tame, [96]
- Oudney, Richard, [97]
- Oven, native, [38]
- Oxen, pack, [88]
- Oysters, [178]
- P
- Palm-cats—Nandinia binotata, [137]
- Patti Abaja, [136]
- Patti hill, [8]
- Phillips, Captain, D.S.O., [129]
- Poultry, [226]
- feeding of, [231]
- Preperanda, [6]
- R
- Rapids, ascending, [159]
- Rapids at Wuru, [160]
- at Mullale, [185]
- Riding habit, [294]
- boots, [297]
- S
- Saddlery, [264]
- Salla, great, [189]
- Sekondi, the, [1]
- Semolika, [126]
- attack on, [131]
- stool, [134]
- Serval cat, [182]
- Sierra Leone, [1]
- Slaves, [47]
- Sokoto, disaster at, [162]
- Stable, the, [257]
- Stern-wheelers, [5]
- Steward, duties of, [214]
- Stone, Mr., [3]
- Strophanthus, [138]
- T
- Tornado, dry, [163]
- at Kaiama, [173]
- Transhipping, [147]
- Transport, animal, [85]
- Trees and shrubs, [245]
- U
- Underclothing, [298]
- “Uwāmu,” [95]
- V
- Vegetables, [213]
- W
- Wa-wa, [165]
- Wear, what to, [291]
- Wilmot, Mr. and Mrs., [133]
- Z
- Zaria, [70]
- Zinnias, [70]
- Zungeru, [65]
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