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etc. I rather thought so myself, and accordingly 

 shipped a trifle over 1,500 rounds of small bore car- 

 tridges. Unfortunately, I never got into the field 

 with any of my numerous advisers on this point, so 

 cannot state their methods from first-hand infor- 

 mation. Inductive reasoning leads me to believe 

 that they consider it unsportsmanlike to shoot at 

 a standing animal at all, or at one running nearer 

 than 250 yards. Furthermore, it is etiquette to 

 continue firing until the last cloud of dust has died 

 down on the distant horizon. Only thus can I 

 conceive of getting rid of that amount of ammuni- 

 tion. In eight months of steady shooting, for ex- 

 ample — shooting for trophies, as well as to feed a 

 safari of fluctuating numbers, counting jackals, 

 marabout and such small trash — I got away with 

 395 rounds of small bore ammunition and about 

 100 of large. This accounted for 225 kills. That 

 should give one an idea. Figure out how many 

 animals you are likely to want for any purpose, 

 multiply by three, and bring that many cartridges. 

 To carry these cartridges I should adopt the Eng- 

 lish system of a stout leather belt on which you slip 

 various sized pockets and loops to suit the occasion. 

 Each unit has loops for ten cartridges. You rarely 

 want more than that; and if you do, your gunbearer 

 is supplied. In addition to the loops, you have 



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