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limit of 600 rounds compels him either to duplicate 

 his weapons, a most annoying proceeding to the 

 owner of two or three spare rifles of other calibres, 

 who has to leave them behind, or else to hedge by 

 cutting down the ammunition for each rifle to the 

 lowest conceivable limit. No book that I have ever 

 read suggests that in Africa 600 rounds of ball cart- 

 ridge will suffice for a nine months' trip. For a 

 similar period, in Abyssinia, Powell Cotton actually 

 carried 1250 rounds, and recommends 850 for any 

 successor. There is more game in the Sudan than in 

 Abyssinia and I hold very decidedly that the 

 maximum of 600 rounds should be raised at once 

 to 1000 rounds. 



As regards the choice of weapons, so much has 

 already been written by more experienced sportsmen, 

 and so many new inventions are being made almost 

 yearly, that I hesitate to do more than actually 

 describe my own battery. 



It consisted of : 



A -350 H.V. Double Rifle by Rigby. 



A-470H.V. 



A -500 Express 



An 8-bore Double Rifle by Manton. 



A 16-bore Double Rifle by Blanch, which car- 

 ried shot well enough to shoot guinea-fowl 

 for the pot. 



A 6-shot Service Revolver. 



