Introductory Chapter 



Harrison, a Jeffries '256 sporting Mannlicher, 

 and a double 12-bore hammerless ejector, also by 

 Cogswell and Harrison, quite sufficient for my 

 wants in this country. They have done me 

 extremely well. 



As regards clothes, the same applies. I wear 

 ordinary khaki. If a man wants a coat, flannel 

 shirt, or cholera-belt well, he knows it, and there 

 is an end of that ! At the same time I see little 

 use in any one spending 10 or ^15 in the latest 

 kinds of shooting coats, etc., with possibly patent 

 elastic pleats, or some such tomfoolery, when any 

 kind of shake-me-down does in camp. We all 

 come to rags and patches in the long run. 



A last word ! 



(1) Don't ignore a good gun-bearer's good ad- 

 vice because you think you know a thing or two. 



(2) Don't slang him, or any one else, because 

 you have a liver in the morning. 



(3) Don't beat every one on the slightest pro- 

 vocation. 



(4) Don't let a native start thinking for himself. 

 Give him every possible direction, even down to 

 the slightest detail. 



(5) Don't promise a native a thing you can't do. 



(6) Don't allow him to play with your guns. 



(7) Don't worry any one when you may just as 

 well leave it alone. 



(8) Don't see your kit packed up. Something 

 is bound to be upset. Hence loss of temper. 



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