WAR CANOE ON LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA, NEAR THE RIPON FALLS. 
APPENDIX 
I: 
SPORTSMEN who think of visiting British East Africa on 
a shooting trip may be glad of a few general hints on 
points of interest and importance. 
The battery, to be sufficient for all needs, should consist 
of a ‘450 express, a °303 sporting rifle, and a 12-bore shot 
gun; and I should consider 250 rounds of ‘450 (50 hard 
and 200 soft), 300 rounds of *303 (100 hard and 200 soft), 
and 500 12-bore shot cartridges of, say, the 6 and 8 sizes, 
sufficient for a three months’ trip. Leather bandoliers to 
carry 50 each of these different cartridges would also prove 
very useful. 
A couple of hundred rockets of various colours should 
certainly be taken, as they are invaluable for signalling to 
and from camp after dark. These can be obtained so as to 
fire from a 12-bore shot gun or from a short pistol, and 
