"Verb. sap." on going to East Africa, British Central Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar, and big game shooting in East Africa.

Date:
1906
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Credit: "Verb. sap." on going to East Africa, British Central Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar, and big game shooting in East Africa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    unless the entire arrangements, from the writing of the first “ Dear sir ” to the slipping of the last quay cable, are undertaken in a vein of humour and hard- heartedness combined, comedy and cool calculation, there will result sadness and much muddle. A verb, sap. here. Do not trust to agents I AGENTS. They are estimable people of the best intentions, but the goods they handle and the plans they scheme are not of and for themselves. It is your baggage, your journey. Therefore, to achieve the best results, count and travel with your own kit and calculate your own departures and arrivals. LABELS. The offices of the line selected, or any steamship agents, will supply labels for the baggage. These are of three varieties—Hold, Baggage-room or Wanted on Voyage, and Cabin. In the cases labelled “Hold” must go such things as will not be wanted on board at all. The packages in the baggage-room can be got at on board at specified hours on certain days. In these go all changes of clothes and things which may conceivably be useful. Cabin means as much as consideration for your cabin mate or mates, or as much as you think their tempers will allow you to put in the racks, on the hooks, and under the berths of your cabin. A preliminary half- crown to the cabin steward will often get room for an extra package. And be earlier on board than the other people in your cabin. First come first served. MONEY. If you are a settler or a globe-trotter you will have arranged with your bank in England to have remitted to your port of arrival, or to Nairobi. But for sea travel always take £25 with you over and above all ticket and travel expenses. It is, of course, more than enough, but you will feel comfortable with that amount. Cards are played on board, lotteries organised on the daily runs. There are bars, and colonists believe in “treating.” Wine bills are settled weekly. Government servants can draw money on arrival. National Bank of India has branches in Mombasa and Nairobi. LETTERS. The steamship agent, who is on board to the last minute, will always post last letters, and for a shilling will take the address of anyone you wish wired to at the ports of call to notify safe arrivals. Port Said will probably be the first place where you can post, and the purser will always arrange about sending letters ashore. CABIN. Try for a forward outside cabin on the starboard side going out via Aden to get the night land breeze. On going via West Africa on the port side. TABLE. See the head steward about your seat, and the sooner the better. BATH. On going on board put your cabin things in your berth, and going at once to the bath-room steward pick your time for the morning tub. The early verb, sapist gets the best and most convenient hour. TIPS. These are customary, neither too much nor too little, being 10s. for your cabin steward and the same for the table man, and 5s. to the bath-room attendant. 1 he bar steward, the cook, the head steward may also be rewarded if they have been obliging.