Big Game Shooting 



making for a point from which to start opera- 

 tions. 



For one's personal entourage and safaris one 

 needs 



One headman. 



One head gun-bearer. 



One second do. 



One cook. 



One cook's boy (whom he will pick out from 

 amongst the porters). 



One personal boy. 



One small boy. 



Twenty porters for kit, tents, cooking-pots, 

 rifles, personal food, etc., will be found ample. 



When one goes from one town to another, or 

 food district to another, matters are quite easy, 

 and from five to ten extra porters will be sufficient 

 to carry their own food. This is almost always the 

 case, as the headman takes the porters away and 

 arranges to meet one at some distant point, say 

 a week later, and porters can always carry a 

 small amount of their own rations. 



A licence costs the sportsman ^50, and the 

 amount of game allowed on it is liberal. I must 

 say I should very much like to see one or two 

 more animals put on the list of animals not to be 

 shot, and one taken off. An appendix shows the 

 numbers of animals one has to pay extra for, and 

 their prices. 



A list of impedimenta that are absolutely 



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