2i6 Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa 



African afternoon in writing these pages. I would 

 not be presumptuous enough to write for the 

 trained tra^'e^er or the ex])erieiiced hunter ; rather 

 I ])ut down these following ideas for the possilile 

 benefit of those who, like myself, without previous 

 experience or knowledge of this kind of life, are 

 fond of travel, of sport of all kinds, who desire to 

 journey and to stay for a while in strange, almost 

 uninhabited, almost unexplored parts of the earth. 

 A six months' hunting ex23edition out here need not 

 be a very costly business, at least when comj^ared 

 with the cost of London life to many a young man, 

 and measui-ed bv the amount of real pleasure and 

 advantage to be derived from eithei'. For the 

 purchase of a couple of good waggons, and of a 

 couple of spans of eighteen or tAventy oxen each, of 

 four or five o-ood shootin"' horses, £100(1 would 

 probably suffice, and if these requisites ^ye\v pur- 

 chased with care and skill, much of tliis outlay 

 Avould l)e recoA'ered at the termination of the ti'ip. 

 Some £500 for tents and for the j^araphernalia of 

 a camp, foi' personal wants, for luxuries in the way 

 of food and drink; and an expenditure of £*100 a 

 month in wages and food for the boys, grooms, and 

 native followers would keep the expedition going. 

 As for personal outfit, little is required, but that 

 little must be of the best c[uality. Good tanned 

 buckskin breeches, good strong pigskin gaiters, 

 good In-OAAm leather-laced A^alking boots, a dozen 

 flannel shirts, " a couple of Norfolk jackets," an 

 Inverness cape of warm material, three or four 

 large thick rugs, and a Terai hat, are all that can 



