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_ scope sight up to 300 yards for long shots when game was 
wild; a ‘44 Winchester carbine, a wonderfully accurate and 
first-rate little weapon for Gaze//a Thomsoni and such small 
_ game ; a ‘295 rook rifle; and a 12-bore Paradox by Messrs. 
Holland. This is an sdnéeatile weapon, and cannot be too 
highly recommended for shooting in bush where game is gene- 
rally to be seen within 100 yards, though it rarely offers more 
than a snap shot. A Paradox is particularly useful should 
the sportsman’s dinner depend on a snap shot at an antelope, 
- guinea-fowl, or francolin. In a country where transport is diffi- 
cult to obtain and also expensive, and where every cartridge 
is important and has to be considered, it would be as well to 
take a 20-bore Paradox instead of a 12-bore. 
_ Moreover, for a weapon that would rarely be out of the 
hand (except when stalking or following up a wounded beast), 
‘its lightness, especially on the march or when returning to 
camp dead beat after a good hard day, would be a great 
advantage. Many is the time I have longed for such a handy 
little weapon. 
A very favourite battery amongst sportsmen, and one baled: 
many recommend, is as follows :— 
A double 8-bore rifle. 
A double +577 Express rifle. 
A double -450 Express rifle. © 
A double 20-bore shot-gun. 
If, however, I were asked to recommend a first-rate battery 
for East Africa, I should say :— 
A single 4-bore rifle, as above, with only one sight—roo 
A double 8-bore, as above, with only one sight—1o00 yards. 
A double -500 Express, as above. 
A single -450 Express, as above, or 400 for long cartridge. 
A 20-bore Paradox. 
And a ‘295 rook rifle. 
_ Hammerless rifles and guns are much safer in the hands of 
native gun-bearers than hammered guns, besides having other 
