BULLET AND SHOT 



I would recommend no one to go out shooting in 

 the hills unless he can camp at such an elevation 

 that he may safely drink the water unboiled. It 

 would profit him not at all were he to go to a fine 

 shooting country, make a big bag of good bulls, 

 and then die of malaria, as did the late Lieutenant 

 R., R.A., only a few years ago. This was an 

 extreme case, and the only one I have known of 

 a sportsman being killed by malaria while actually 

 out on his trip ; but many men have suffered severely 

 for years from malarial fever contracted while out 

 shooting, and I would recommend every visitor in 

 localities of doubtful salubriety to omit no pre- 

 cautions which may tend to preserve his health. 

 Mens sana in corpore sano are the two main 

 conditions essential for the enjoyment of life, and 

 we cannot be too careful in the preservation of that 

 inestimable boon good health. 



For two sportsmen out together in the hills, I 

 recommend the following kit : 



Tents. One eighty-pound field officer's Cabul 

 tent (double-fly, with bathroom) for each, for sleep- 

 ing, dressing, and bathing in ; one light single-fly 

 tent, nine feet square, as the common dining and 

 sitting room ; one light rowtie for the servants. 



Cooking Utensils. One kettle, one frying-pan, 

 two saucepans, one digester, two kitchen knives, 

 and one chopper. 



Crockery and Cutlery. Sufficient white enamelled 

 ware, tumblers, and cheap knives and forks, for the 

 use of two. 



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