Big Game Shooting 



It was part of his job to tell me his idea of the 

 sighting, for his education. But when one comes 

 across any other kind of animal, it is not playing 

 the game to open " magazine independent" at 

 300 yards or 400 yards. I remember in April, 

 1904, when coming down by train and passing 

 Elementeita station, I heard a fearful fusillade 

 going on, and on asking the station-master there 

 he said a party of four " bwanas " were shooting — 

 and I should just about think they were ! I am 

 sure one of them must have had a *6oo cordite. 

 Never again to Lake Elementeita ! 



Personally, when on the march, I know for 

 a fact that I am little or no use after a six 

 hours' trek, if I have had no food on starting, so 

 I put off shooting till I have had my breakfast. 

 Whilst one is on the subject of stalking, it may 

 be mentioned that a practice that is most interest- 

 ing is when one sees an animal one does not 

 want, to walk up as close as possible, and see 

 what liberties one can take with him ; walking 

 in a bee line, walking across him, etc. 



I hope that the old and experienced big-game 

 hunter will not unduly deride these strange re- 

 marks because he knows the whole show, and 

 because it may also be the usual way of carry- 

 ing on ; but really one does not like to see young 

 fellows come out having spent such enormous 

 sums on batteries, outfit, etc., and after all that, 

 make such fearful and awful mistakes, simply 



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