THE LAND OF FOOTPRINTS 



IS handier, and more easily carried. In Africa, 

 however, where the other fellow does most of the 

 work, a coat is often very handy. Do not make the 

 mistake of getting an unlined light-weight gar- 

 ment. When you want it at all, you want it warm 

 and substantial. Stick on all the pockets possible, 

 and have them button securely. 



For wet weather there is nothing to equal a long 

 and voluminous cape. Straps crossing the chest 

 and around the waist permit one to throw it off the 

 shoulders to shoot. It covers the hands, the rifle 

 — most of the little horses or mules one gets out 

 there. One can sleep in or on it, and it is a most 

 effective garment against heavy winds. 



One suit of pajamas is enough, considering your 

 tent boys commendable mania for laundry work. 

 Add handkerchiefs and you are fixed. 



You will wear most of the above, and put what 

 remains in your "officer's box." This is a thin 

 steel, air-tight affair with a wooden bottom, and is 

 the ticket for African work. 



Sporting. Pick out your guns to suit yourself. 

 You want a light one and a heavy one. 



When I came to send out my ammunition, I was 

 forced again to take the other fellow's experience. 

 I was told by everybody that I should bring plenty, 

 that it was better to have too much than too little, 



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