THE STORY OF AN OUTING 



greater and lesser kudu, lions, Colobus monkeys, and other 

 animals too numerous to mention. 



These young men had flattering success in securing 

 wonderful trophies of the vajious kinds of game available 

 in the territory comprised within their hunt. 



We were all supplied with photographic apparatus, 

 and succeeded fairly well with our pictures. Hine car- 

 ried a tripod and kinetoscope from New York, a cumber- 

 some and troublesome bit of baggage, but his enthusiasm 

 was well repaid, as he secured some first-class moving 

 pictures. 



Guns 



Distinguished Africanders >of much experience, like 

 'arl E. Akeley, Cuninghame, and others, think that a 

 .450 rifle or one of larger capacity is indispensable to 

 one's safety, and such opinions may be accepted as con- 

 clusive. It requires no argument to prove that the 

 larger the bore and the stronger the charge of powder, 

 the more destructive will be the weapon, but a well- 

 placed smaller bullet will prove effective when a badly 

 placed larger one would not. 



The gun should be adapted to the man and should be 

 no heavier in weight than he can handle with ease and 

 reasonable celerity, and the cartridge, while it must be 

 effective, should not involve a charge so heavy as to 

 invite flinching from the recoil or otherwise interfere 

 with accuracy of aim. 



Mr. Selous says: 



The best weapon for elephants and buffaloes, which are 

 usually met with in dense jungle or bamboo forest, where it 



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