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of warm bedding, for the nights are cold at high altitudes, 

 even under the equator. While hunting I wore heavy 

 shoes, with hobnails or rubber soles; khaki trousers, the 

 knees faced with leather, and the legs buttoning tight from 

 the knee to below the ankle, to avoid the need of leggings; 

 a khaki-colored army shirt; and a sun helmet, which 1 

 wore in deference to local advice, instead of my beloved 

 and far more convenient slouch hat. My rifles were an 

 army Springfield, jo-calibre, stocked and sighted to suit 

 myself; a Winchester 405; and a double-barrelled 500-450 

 Holland, a beautiful weapon presented to me by some 

 English friends.* 



Kermit's battery was of the same type, except that in- 

 stead of a Springfield he had another Winchester shooting 

 the army ammunition, and his double-barrel was a Rigby. 

 In addition I had a Fox No. 12 shot-gun; no better gun 

 was ever made. 



There was one other bit of impedimenta, less usual for 

 African travel, but perhaps almost as essential for real en- 

 joyment even on a hunting trip, if it is to be of any length. 



* Mr. E. N. Buxton took the lead in the matter when he heard that I intended 

 making a trip after big game in Africa. I received the rifle at the White House, 

 while I was President. Inside the case was the following list of donors- 



LIST OF ZOOLOGISTS AND SPORTSMEN WHO ARE DONORS OF A 

 DOUBLE ELEPHANT RIFLE TO THE HON. THEODORE 

 ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT U. S. A. 



IX RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES OX BEHALF OF THE PRESERVATION OF SPECIES 



BY MEANS OF NATIONAL PARKS AND FOREST RESERVES, 



AND BY OTHER MEANS 



E. N. BUXTON, ESQ. 



RT. HON. LORD AVEBURY, D.C.L. ("The Pleasures of Life," etc.) 



MAJOR-GEN. SIR F. REGINALD WINGATE, K.C.B. (Governor-General of the 



Soudan.) 



SIR EDMUND G. LODER, BART. 

 HON. N. C. ROTHSCHILD. 



THE EARL OF LONSDALE. (Master of Hounds.) 

 SIR R. G. HARVEY, BART. 



THE RT. HON. LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON, G. C.S.I., G.C.I.E. 

 ST. GEORGE LITTLEDALE, ESQ. 



DR. P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, F.R.S., F.Z.S. (Secretary of the Zoological Soc.) 

 C. E. GREEN, ESQ. (Master of Essex Hounds.) 



