WAR CANOE ON LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA, NKAR THE RIl'ON KAI.LS. 



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 



