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scope sight up to 300 yards for long shots when game was 

 wild ; a '44 Winchester carbine, a wonderfully accurate and 

 first-rate little weapon for Gazella Thomsoni and such small 

 game ; a "295 rook rifle ; and a i2-bore Paradox by Messrs. 

 Holland. This is an admirable weapon, and cannot be too 

 highly recommended for shooting in bush where game is gene- 

 rally to be seen within 100 yards, though it rarely offers more 

 than a snap shot. A Paradox is particularly useful should 

 the sportsman's dinner depend on a snap shot at an antelope, 

 guinea-fowl, or francolin. In a country where transport is diffi- 

 cult to obtain and also expensive, and where every cartridge 

 is important and has to be considered, it would be as well ta 

 take a 2o-bore Paradox instead of a i2-bore. 



Moreover, for a weapon that would rarely be out of the 

 hand (except when stalking or following up a wounded beast), 

 its lightness, especially on the march or when returning to 

 camp dead beat after a good hard day, would be a great 

 advantage. Many is the time I have longed for such a handy 

 little weapon. 



A very favourite battery amongst sportsmen, and one which 

 many recommend, is as follows : 



A double 8-bore rifle. 



A double '577 Express rifle. 



A double '450 Express rifle. 



A double 2o-bore shot-gun. 



If, however, I were asked to recommend a first-rate battery 

 for East Africa, I should say : 



A single 4-bore rifle, as above, with only one sight 100 

 yards. 



A double 8-bore, as above, with only one sight 100 yards. 



A double '500 Express, as above. 



A single '450 Express, as above, or '400 for long cartridge. 



A 2o-bore Paradox. 



And a '295 rook rifle. 



Hammerless rifles and guns are much safer in the hands of 

 native gun-bearers than hammered guns, besides having other 



