THE LONG TRAIL 



make it easier for us when, after a month's 

 sea trip, we take up the business of 

 hunting." 



A group of thirty or forty of the most 

 famous zoologists and sportsmen pre- 

 sented my fatlier with a heavy, double- 

 barrelled gun. "At last I have tried the 

 double-barrelled Holland Elephant rifle. 

 It is a perfect beauty and it shoots very 

 accurately, but of course the recoil is tre- 

 mendous, and I fired very few shots. I 

 shall get you to fire it two or three times 

 at a target after we reach Africa, just so 

 that you shall be thoroughly familiar w^ith 

 it, if, or when, you use it after big game. 

 There is no question that except under 

 extraordinary circumstances it would be 

 the best weapon for elephant, rhino and 

 buffalo. I think the 405 Winchester will 

 be as good for ever}i:hing else. 



"About all my African things are ready 

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