BULLET AND SHOT 



El wood's brown topee is about the best head-gear ; 

 still, I should not care to do much work in the sun 

 in it, and it must be remembered that, though at 

 starting from camp in the morning it may be wet 

 and cold, a hot sun may come out at any time 

 during the day. 



The sportsmen can suit themselves as to clothes, 

 but I recommend the same for bison shooting in 

 the forests on the plains, in the monsoon, as I did 

 when treating of hill shooting. 



A mackintosh coat with sleeves, and cut short 

 to about the knees, is very useful to slip on in 

 heavy rain, and may save the sportsman who 

 carries one from many a chill less by keeping 

 him dry, than by keeping him warm. 



In the dry weather, however, I recommend, in 

 place of tweed knickerbockers, breeches of the 

 above-mentioned Basel Mission Shikar cloth, made 

 to button round the leg just above the boot, and 

 a pair of soft, flexible, light gaiters over these 

 provided only that there are no leeches in the 

 forest, in which event leech-gaiters or putties may 

 be worn. 



Upon carrying cartridges in the monsoon, some- 

 thing must be said. All cartridges taken out in 

 wet weather should be made waterproof by smear- 

 ing round the cap in the centre of the base of the 

 cartridge an atom of a mixture made by melting 

 together bees' wax and ghee (clarified butter used 

 in place of lard in cookery). If brass cases be 

 used, this, and the pouring of a little of the same 

 mixture when melted over the bullet, will render 



