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111 addition, we killed with the Fox shot-gun Egyptian 

 geese, yellow-billed mallards, francolins, spur-fowl, and 

 sand-grouse for the pot, and certain other birds for 

 specimens. 



Kermit and I kept about a dozen trophies for oiu'- 

 selves : otherwise we shot nothing that was not used 

 cither as a nmseuni specimen or for meat — usually for 

 both purposes. ^Ve were in hunting-grounds practically 

 as good as any that have ever existed, but we did not 

 kill a tenth nor a hundredth part of what we might have 

 killed had we been willing. The mere size of the bag 

 indicates little as to a man's prowess as a hunter, and 

 almost nothing as to the interest or value of his achieve- 

 ment. 



