Meanings of procure porters in English

This was sufficient to assure me that I should not procure porters.

We were prisoners on the island of Patooan as we could not procure porters at any price to remove our effects.

I accordingly lent him a couple of donkeys to convey his powder, in case he should not be able to procure porters.

Should he be faithful to this engagement, I trusted to procure porters from Shooa, and to reach Gondokoro in time for the annual boats.

This famine has given a bad name to the locality, and it is accordingly difficult to procure porters from the interior, who naturally fear starvation.

Had I been without transport animals, my expedition could not have left Gondokoro, as there was no possibility of procuring porters.

The difficulty of procuring porters limits the amount of baggage; thus a given supply must carry you through a certain period of time.