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A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



Cleaning rods : — 



.256 two steel rods, covered wood, two brass brushes, four bristle. 

 .400 ( 



.600 ) 



two do. to take a similar set of brushes for each. 



12 B. one wood-jointed rod, jag mop, and wire brush. 

 Four yards flannel, i lb. tin vaseline, 4| pint tins rifleline, 2} pint 



tms rangoon. 



Cartrids:es. 



It is difficult to advise what number to take, for in nothing do men 

 vary so much as in the expenditure of ammunition. 



Here is the summary of a carefully kept record of every shot fired 

 during my trip through Abyssinia which may be some guide. I never 

 shot a beast unless wanted either as a specimen or for meat, nor did 1 

 shoot at a bird unless for the pot. 



Cartridges 



»T , Number I should 



Number 

 taken. 



1500 



This would be replaced by the .600 for which, having a longer accurate 

 range, 1 should take 25 soft pointed and 75 nickel covered. 



About 220 days were spent on shooting-ground, which gives an average 



of 2. 



rtridges expended per day. 



Approximately it took 2-6 cartridges for each kill. 



All cartridges should be packed tightly in air-tight tin or zinc boxes, 

 holding not more than 50 each, and closed with a band that can be torn 

 off. 



Contents of each box to be plainly stamped on it. 



Have a leather cartridge-bag, with web-sling, for each rifle, divided 

 lengthways into two, for soft and solid bullets, stamped on both sides with 

 the size of cartridges, such as 4 (for 400), M. (for Mannlicher), etc. 



