RIFLES AND GUNS 51 



As a guide to the weights for transport, it may be 

 mentioned that 100 •12-bore cartridges weigh about 

 10 lb. ; 100 "4 10 about 3 lb. 3 oz. ; 100 '303 about 7 lb. ; 

 and 100 '577 about 17^ lb. This is without packing 

 of any sort, which must be allowed for. The shot 

 cartridges anyway should be packed in tins, and 

 the cases so arranged that each package contains an 

 assortment of all the ammunition. 



With the guns and rifles, ammunition, and accessories, 

 as with the other part of the outfit, take time by the 

 forelock, and do not leav^e the purchasing till the last 

 moment. For only by having weapons and ammuni- 

 tion that suit both the hunter and the hunted can the 

 trophies of the chase be brought home. 



