356 GUN, RIFLE, AND HOUND. 



Prince had shot four elephants previously with a 

 Wetterly rifle, the whole story goes to prove that his 

 rash inexperience was such that it was only a matter 

 of time till the fatal end came. A man may, es- 

 pecially in open country, bag elephants with arms 

 which seem utterly inadequate, and do so repeatedly, 

 but the day of reckoning is sure to come. Any man 

 who neglects the first principles experienced elephant 

 shots observe is sure to come to grief in the long run. 

 Besides being improperly armed, the Prince neglected 

 the following axiom well known throughout Africa : 

 No one in elephant-shooting in open country should 

 ever be a yard away from a thoroughly trained shooting- 

 horse. 



It is therefore with the hope that my own ex- 

 perience may be of some use to others that I insert 

 the following " tips." 



I. WEAPONS. 



a. Firearms. 



There are some fortunate sportsmen who can 

 afford to purchase the appropriate arm for every 

 different kind of shooting which may come in their 

 way. I do not address myself to them, but rather to- 

 those whose battery is limited by their purse, though 

 at the same time I also give the battery which is my 

 ideal one, and suitable to the man who can not only 

 give his gunmaker carte btancke, but also (sometimes 

 a more serious item) arrange for almost indefinite 

 transport. 



