g 2 Wild Life in Central Africa. 



quelling the rebellion, under the leadership of Mr. Grey, 

 and other fine officers, among whom was Mr. Crewe, a 

 most gallant fellow. 



After that Mr. Grey took over the managership of the 

 Tanganyika Concessions, a company which owns large 

 copper properties in the Congo, and I have heard from 

 many men who knew him of his fine work there. He 

 thought nothing of starting off by himself with a blanket 

 and a rifle, and riding a bicycle along bush paths for 

 hundreds of miles, when he was engaged on urgent 

 business. He was full of energy, and it seems a lasting 

 pity that such a fine specimen of a Britisher should meet 

 x with a premature end in the way he did, and simply 

 because he was using an inferior type of weapon. Because 

 these '256' s and *28o's are splendid military or target rifles 

 is no reason that they are the best for sporting purposes. 



Any medium-bore high-velocity rifle, such as a '350, "360, 

 or "375, would be infinitely better, as they shoot heavy, 

 blunt bullets. 



One of the largest bags of lions made in British East 

 Africa is that of Mr. Leslie Tarlton, and I believe he has 

 shot fifty-four. He liked the '350 old pattern, with 310 

 grains bullet, but found that the new '350 Magnum had 

 the same fault as the -280, as the bullet is too light and it 

 breaks up too readily. However, in a letter to me, Messrs. 

 John Rigby and Co. said that they had now improved the 

 bullets for this rifle. Very wisely they make the solids for 

 the -350 Magnum with the ordinary blunt points ; but 225 

 grains is rather light for the bore. 



A good rifle has lately been brought out by Messrs. 

 Holland and Holland of -375 bore, with a very high 

 velocity, but at the same time plenty of striking energy, 

 and blunt nosed bullets can be used from it as well as 

 sharp pointed projectiles. 



In a few years the best gunmakers will stop supplying 

 sharp pointed bullets for sporting purposes, and really " the 

 sooner the better," for the most practical men object to 

 using them, as they are unreliable. 



