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For such a battery I now consider that the follow- 

 ing ammunition should be carried for a nine months' 

 trip, having regard to existing law : 



350 soft-nosed . . . 350 rounds. 



solid . . 50 ,, 



470 soft-nosed . . 50 



solid . . 50 ,, 



500 soft-nosed . . 50 



8-bore hardened lead . 50 



Revolver . . . 50 



Shot-gun 4, 6 . . . 500 



If a rook-rifle is taken and without a rook-rifle it 

 is practically impossible to bag dikdik, cranes, or 

 bustard, the two latter abounding in some localities 

 1000 rounds might be taken, and the shot-gun 

 eliminated from the programme, or at least the 

 allowance of shot-cartridges reduced considerably, 

 for the most moderate shot should be able to bag 

 guinea-fowl with a rook-rifle. This arrangement 

 would have the advantage of securing game for the 

 pot without alarming the neighbourhood, sometimes 

 a considerable gain. With a battery so powerful 

 as this it is not surprising that little game was 

 wounded and lost, or ammunition wasted retrieving 

 wounded animals. 



The '350 was of course the weapon which did 

 practically all my work, and was in my hand or by 



