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my side throughout the day. I found it an ideal 

 weapon for all antelopes, and with it also killed three 

 lionesses and one leopard. I have not the least doubt 

 that any African game can be killed with it, and it 

 is, I think, par excellence, the weapon for Africa. 



The '470 was the weapon that I took into my hand 

 whenever I considered that the use of a heavier 

 weapon than the '350 was advisable. Thus I shot 

 two hippo, three buffalo, and a wounded lioness with 

 this weapon, which I invariably carried when track- 

 ing buffalo or wounded lions. I should also have 

 used it had I been so fortunate as to meet with 

 elephants. In fact, I regarded the rifle as a friend 

 to which to turn in moments of imminent danger, 

 and, except one hippo, all that rifle hit died. 



The '500 was used by me solely for machan work, 

 of which more anon, and for following up wounded 

 leopards. I had possessed this rifle for many years ; 

 indeed, the grooving had almost disappeared. How- 

 ever, in the first place, I did not care to risk a new '350 

 rifle over night work ; in the second place, I was so 

 familiar with the rifle that I could almost shoot with 

 it in total darkness, provided I could distinguish 

 the outline of the object, and in the third place it 

 possessed one undoubted advantage over the '350, in 

 that it left an unmistakable blood-trail. I bagged 

 two leopards and four lionesses with this old rifle, 

 out of which only one leopard and one lioness gave 



