CHAPTER III. 



There were three rifles on board, but they were not 

 suited for crocodiles, nor were they of much use for birds. 

 The fact is, it is extremely difficult to hit even a very large 

 bird at 150 yards from a Diabeyha, and a couple of Storks 

 was all our rifles killed. The banks are too populous — 

 particularly in the Delta — to use a long-range weapon with 

 safety. 



The following is a list of some of the birds we shot which 

 have more interest to the sportsman than to the naturalist. 

 We arrived too late for good Duck shooting ; indeed, any- 

 one wishing to visit Egypt for the winter sport ought to go 

 in November. 



Small birds can be conveniently preserved with carbolic 

 acid by those who have not leisure to skin them. We car- 

 bolized 200, and lost ten per cent, chiefly from keeping 



