WAYS AND MEANS 891 



One punch and die. 



The foregoing lot of supplies were ordered 

 through Newland, Tarlton and Company's agent 

 at 166 Piccadilly, London, and were ready when we 

 reached London. 



MEDICINES AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENT 



It is well to provide a good store of medicines 

 and some instruments, even though, as in our case, 

 we had little occasion to use any of it. One of the 

 Burroughs and Wellcome medicine cases "for East 

 Africa" is compact and well selected. In addition 

 there should be plenty of zinc oxide adhesive plas- 

 ter, some bandages and some hypodermic syringes 

 for use in case of wounds which might lead to blood 

 poisoning. In our first experience with lions we al- 

 ways went prepared for wounds of this sort, but 

 later we took no precautions whatever and fortu- 

 nately had no occasion for heroic measures. At the 

 same time, it is far wiser always to be prepared. 



We were also well supplied with tick medicines, 

 but in spite of the fact that we encountered mil- 

 lions of ticks, they gave us no concern and no tick 

 preventatives were used. Quinine and calomel are 

 essentials and may be bought in Nairobi. 



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RIFLES 



It is important that each hunter include in his 

 battery one heavy double-barreled cordite rifle for 

 use at close quarters where a shocking impact is 

 desirable. Each of our party had a .475 Jeffery, 



