INTO THE BLUE 9 



unmolested state, to go over the inventory of our 

 arsenal. We had: 



3 English Blands — 470 — double barrel 

 I English Bland — .275 — Mannlicher action 

 I American Springfield — .303 — Mauser action 

 I English Rigby — .505 — Mauser action 

 3 American Winchesters — 405 — lever action 



1 American Winchester— .32 — lever action 



2 English Jeffries — 404 — Mauser action 



I American Winchester shotgun — .12 — repeating 



I American Parker — .12 — double barrel 



I American Ithaca — .20 — double barrel 



I American Ithaca — .20 — sawed off shotgun, called 



riot gun 

 I .38 Colt revolver 

 I 45 Colt revolver. 



But emergencies might arise in which we should 

 need them. 



With everything boxed for shipment, gun licenses 

 made out and all the other red tape fixed up, I spent 

 two cold and miserable days at the Royal Albert 

 docks getting my cargo aboard the S. S. Mantola 

 of the British India Line. I had to let money flow 

 like water in order to get my things stowed away in 

 safety. My cameras and other delicate articles had 

 to be carried carefully aboard and deposited in the 

 baggage room where they would not be moved. 

 My acids and movie film I had stowed in special 

 moisture proof houses on deck. Incidentally, I 



