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lamp, with various contrivances for fastening it 

 and giving it motion in any direction. 



Every one will have his own ideas as to the 

 best lamp to use. 



The points of my own light are that it 

 {a) Has a range, with a slightly adjustable 

 focus, up to fifty yards. 



At very close ranges, unless the light 

 is diffused, it makes too small and 

 brilliant a circle. 



On one occasion this year I focussed 

 as usual on the hind-quarters of a kill, 

 but the light slipped, and the tiger 

 found a brilliant beam on the fore- 

 quarter beyond his nose and fled. He 

 was close, and I used much too concen- 

 trated a light. 



(b) Permits of being laid in the daylight 



through a peep-hole. At night this can- 

 not be done. You can then only traverse 

 by the beam of light itself. 



(c) Can be turned in any direction without a 



sound, and remains there. 



(d) Lights up the kill and the sights. It 



involves the use of no wires beyond the 

 few feet of cable from battery to lamp. 

 The lamp is attached to the cross-bar 

 of machan, and works with one hand. 

 I bought a patent sight once with electric- 

 lamp foresight, but it had numerous wires, and 

 I disliked it. 



These are the points of my own lamp, but I 

 know that it is not the best that can be made. 

 Probably a good electric lamp over the kill 



