Arms and Outfit 1 1 



My dress is already known, since it is the same as 

 on previous journeys : during the daytime it consists 

 of a thin cotton shirt without sleeves, generally dark 

 chestnut brown, short breeches of the same colour, a 

 dark helmet, socks, and shoes. 1 My hunting-boots 

 are made of canvas with indiarubber soles, so as to 

 make no noise ; when on tramp I use shoes made of 

 brown, supple leather with thick soles. Eound my 

 waist I wear a leather belt, to which the cartridge-case 

 is attached, and carrying a small pocket for my watch 

 and a sheath for my knife. That completes the 

 nomenclature of my outfit. My neck, arms, and legs 

 are bare. During the cool season in the evening, or 

 on the high plateaus, I wear a warm vest, which may 

 be used also on night watches ; but upon those 

 occasions I prefer generally a small cape made of 

 swanskin, and provided with a hood a piece of cloth- 

 ing which, if thrown over the shoulders, has the 

 advantage of leaving the arms free. 



I had always with me in one of the cartridge-cases 

 a note-book and a pencil, a pocket medicine-chest, 

 bandages, and Dr. Calmette's anti-venomous serum for 

 accidents, a tape measure for measuring animals, com- 

 plete outfit for cleaning guns, a thorn extractor, a spare 

 sight, one or two rockets, a tinder box, tobacco, and a 

 pipe, a small flask containing some cordial or other, 

 melissa water, brandy, etc., the whole of which did 

 not exceed the volume of a cigar box. 



The other pouch was for reserve ammunition ; it 



1 I am unfavourable to the use of wool in any form in tropical 

 climates. 



