PAET II 



ADVICE AND INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF 

 HUNTER -NATURALISTS 



WITH the object of aiding hunters and travellers who wish 

 to collect, I conclude with some information on the method 

 of measuring animals accurately, on the way to prepare 

 their skins for collections or museums, and on the 

 subject of preservation laws and licences in various African 

 colonies. 



As the most authoritative works on hunting published in 

 France and in England do not give the measurements of 

 elephants, I have attempted to fill this gap by carefully 

 measuring those I have killed every time I have had 

 leisure and means. These measurements I have classified 

 in a comparative table. The same has been done in the 

 case of lions and rhinoceros. I regret having been unable 

 to do the same in the case of all animals without exception ; 

 but circumstances do not always permit of carrying out 

 one's wishes. Incomplete though they may be, these tables 

 will give an idea of the size and proportions of the three 

 chief inhabitants of the African jungle. I have also 

 assembled data of the measurements of antelopes' horns 

 for comparison in case of need, and have given the native 

 names by which animals are known in the parts of Africa 

 visited by me. 



Method of measuring animals Measurements to be taken Skinning animals 

 Preparation of skins Drying Preparation of bones for mounting 



