Well we’re probably better at carrying stuff more simply. My great grandfather was required to a ‘Ulendo’ or Bush Safari in Barotseland, visiting local chiefs in the 1920's. As DC he had to do 7 days per month (14 days when he was Assistant DC – Some might say it was a punishment for promotion perhaps?). Generally he’d do Mon-Sunday 1 week out of every 4. General Orders allowed him 22 carriers + 2 when in waterless areas. 6 of those were required just to carry the heavy canvas tents that were standard issue - double fly, verandah, bathroom apse, plus poles and pegs. The rest carried food, and luggage, including shotgun and ammunition, a Radio or gramophone for evenings in camp.
When my great grandmother was on Ulendo and pregnant she was carried in a Machila
In Tseste fly areas my toddler grandmother would be carried inside a modified meat safe to prevent being bitten.
Pics from the 1920's - showing setting up camp, my great grandmother being carried in a Machila and my grandmother
