CHAPTER X. 

 HINTS ON EQUIPMENT. 



To all old travellers and hunters, any sugges- 

 tions, as to armament and equipment for a 

 hunting expedition, will be entirely superfluous. 

 To yoimger men, however, who have not yet had 

 much experience of big game shooting, and 

 whose thoughts turn towards British North 

 America as a field for the exercise of their 

 energies, a few short notes on these subjects 

 may possibly prove of some use. 



Rifles, 



First as to rifles. It is difficult, perhaps 

 impossible, to say which is the best weapon for 

 American game, but any one of the wonderfully 



