Big Game Shooting 



sun, and is then burnt by the natives in most 

 places. That is your time ! Make arrangements 

 accordingly, and be first on the ground. 



I am afraid I have not mentioned smaller game 

 in this "effort," such as duiker, steinbock, oribi, 

 dikdik, etc., as I have been thinking more of the 

 big heads to adorn one's baronial halls with but 

 shoot them ! Their heads are worth having, and 

 they are good eating, added to which, that is the 

 class of animal amongst which one always stands 

 a chance of finding a new species, because, there 

 being at present such heaps of different varieties, 

 there is no reason why Tom, Dick, or Harry 

 should not find a new kind somewhere, and have 

 the honour of it being named after him. Harryi 

 would sound quite good ! Again, in the bird line, 

 greater bustard, lesser bustard, florican, guinea 

 fowl, francolin, four different kinds of partridge, 

 sand -grouse, and quail in thousands, to say 

 nothing of duck, teal, and snipe, are to be had in 

 great numbers, each in their different locality, and 

 one does appreciate them, after the never-ending 

 assortment of "nyama," cooked in various ways, 

 and day after day. No. 4 shot ought to see one 

 through, with a few No. 6 thrown in, and say fifty 

 No. 8 for the quail and snipe. 



Any attempt at advice on rifles I shall leave 

 alone. Every one has his own pet ideas on that 

 subject. I have found a double hammerless 

 ejector, '4OO-*45O cordite, by Cogswell and 



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