Examples of porter

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However, the supply of porters on the market was not always dictated by demand.
The title was also used in caravans of coast-based porters, and was therefore accepted in a multi-ethnic environment, where its original meaning was lost.
An astonishing feature in all three towns was, however, the continuing call for porters.
The heavy burden of the war emerges very clearly in this respect, with large numbers of porters dying, while recruitment itself was very disruptive.
While on the march the kirangozi preceded the porters, who would be fined if they stepped ahead of him.
Up-country traders and porters were makers of their own destiny, and were not hapless casualties of change.
During peak periods, experienced porters could pick and choose among the numerous caravans leaving the coast.
All supplies of food and water for a large force had to be carried by an army of porters.
In some years, coastal and interior towns were almost cleared of porters as demand outstripped supply.
From the 1870s, porters also took advantage of the labour requirements of imperial agents and missionaries.
The argument that porters were mostly wage labourers rests on evidence that their labour was bought and sold according to fluctuating labour market conditions.
However, most of these herdsmen are reported to have come to the country originally as traders, middlemen and porters.
Depending on strength and nutritional requirements, horses may be from one to five times as efficient as human porters.
Any individual with experience and some standing among the porters, and with good knowledge of the road, could be chosen.
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