RIFLES, GROUND AND OUTFIT. 287 



panthers with, I should at once qualify myself 

 for lodgings in Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. 



In shooting large game no precaution that 

 tends to ensure the safety of the sportsman and 

 his attendants should be omitted, and a man is no 

 worse sportsman for exercising a little care. I 

 have jotted down from memory and some rough 

 notes a few things that, were I organizing a 

 shooting-trip and had the management of the 

 commissariat and general arrangements, I should 

 take with me. These are for a two months' hot- 

 weather trip for a party of three : 



Ten dozen of soda water,* five dozen of tonic 

 water, five dozen of claret, five dozen of beer, 

 half-a-dozen of brandy, half-a-dozen of gin, half-a- 

 dozen of champagne, two dozen of tinned soups, 

 one dozen tins of sardines, half-a-dozen tins of 

 bacon, half-a-dozen rolled tongues, three bottles 

 of chutnee, three bottles of pickles, one dozen 

 pots of jam, two pocket filters, three pounds 

 of alum (for skins), three tins of preserved 

 vegetables, half-a-dozen tins of biscuits, three 

 flasks of oil, two bottles of vinegar, flavouring 

 essences, anchovy paste, half-a-dozen of Worcester 

 sauce, four pounds of coffee, four pounds of tea, 

 twelve pounds of sugar, six pounds of candles, 



* Or a couple of gazogenes and supply of powders. 



