Hunting In Many Lands 



been much controversy between the advocates 

 of two styles of rifles — that is, the weapon with 

 a comparatively small bore and long, solid bul- 

 let and a moderate charge of powder, and the 

 weapon of comparatively large bore with a 

 very heavy charge of powder and a short bul- 

 let, often with a hollow end. The first is the 

 type of rifle that has always been used by 

 ninety-nine out of a hundred American hunt- 

 ers, and indeed it is the only kind of rifle that 

 has ever been used to any extent in North 

 America; the second is the favorite weapon 

 of English sportsmen in those grandest of the 

 world's hunting grounds, India and South 

 Africa. When a single-shot rifle is not used, 

 the American usually takes a repeater, the 

 Englishman a double-barrel. Each type has 

 some good qualities that the other lacks, and 

 each has some defects. The personal equation 

 must always be taken into account in dealing 

 with either ; excellent sportsmen of equal ex- 

 perience give conflicting accounts of the per- 

 formances of the two types. Personally, I 

 think that the American type is nearer right. 

 In reading the last book of the great South 

 African hunter, Mr. Selous, I noticed with 

 much interest that in hunting elephants he 



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