;.\i;kii\v i;skimo. 



liftci'ii." sc, sliots). Tlic wiiiilcrs are 

 suits (if clicai) 111- scriiiKl-liaiid guns 

 other kinds of. !xniis mpc also coiiiiiioii. 

 ipc's rillc, savigro'lifi (from a faiiricil 

 ivsriiil.laiirr lirlwcrll llir rlooknl Irv.T of this gini ami Mm clookiMl 

 knife. savi.uTo'ii); otlicr patleins of Winclirstcr: flic S|,<Mir.T ie|iratcr, 

 kai'i.sualiri (from kuiiisi, eail lid-O : tlu' pciailiar Sliaips- llankins, oiirc 

 iisimI ill till' r. S. Navy, ami wliieh was tlic fasoritc uca|>oii of tli.' ivlit-l 

 Hocrs in South Africa: Hie i'calioily Martini, made in Aiiicrica for the 

 Tiirkisli (lovcrniiifiit. markrd on tlir rear siglit with Turkisli figures, 

 and. cxposc-d Willi a coiiise at tlie (■cmetery, one English Snider. The 

 regulation .Spriii.-field rilles hi'Ioiiging to the post, which were often 

 loaned to the natives for the i.urpose of hunting, weie called mukpa- 



ra'lin (from mtikjuim'. 1 k. referring to the lireeeli action, which opens 



like a book). 



They formerly had very U'w iimz/,le loading rifles, lint of late years, 

 since the law against trading arms t.i the natives has been eoiistnied 

 to refer solely to breech-loading rilles, llie whalers have sold them 

 yiiger ritles, of the olil I'. S. Army patlern. fhitleld rilles, ship's mus- 

 kets with the Tower mark on them, and a, sort of bogus ritleinade 

 esp.'chiUy for trade, in imitation of the old-f ishioned Kentucky rifle, 

 but with grooves extending only a short distance from the muzzle. 

 They of course deiiend on the shi]is for their su]iplies of ammunition, 

 though the Nuuatariniiun soinetimes lning a few cartridges .smuggled 

 across from Siberia. They naturally are most desirous to ]n'ocure 

 cartridges for the rim tire Winchester guns, as these are not intended 

 to be used more than once. They have, however. inviMiled a method of 

 priming the.e rim-tire shells so that they can be reloaded. A common 

 ••(I. I)." perciLssion cap is neatly htted into the rim of the shidl by 

 cutting the sides into strips which are folded into slits in the .shell, 

 a little hole liejiig drilled under the center of the cap to allow the flash 

 to reach the powder. This is a very lab,, i ions process, liiit enables the 

 natives to use a rille which would otherwise be useless. Such ear- 

 t ridges reloaded with powder ami home made bullets— they have many 

 bullet molds and know how to use them— are tolerably eliective. Great 

 care must be taken to insert the cartridge right side up, so that the 

 cap shall b.' struck by the liring pm, w hich interferes with using the 

 gun as a repeater. 



They are very careless with their ritles, allowing them to get rusty, 

 and otherwise niisiising them, especially by tiring small shot fr.uii them 

 111 the duck sh,,oiiim seas.m. As a rule they are very fair shots with 

 Hh' rille. but extremely lavish of aniiniinition when they have a .sup- 



!''>• ■'■'" lyei'onomy is shown in reloadinu cartrid-es and in loading 



their .shotgiuis, inio which they seld ml a suflicieiit charge. In 



Kliiteof this someof Iheiii shoot very uell with the .shotuun, though 

 unmy of them show great stupidity in judging di.stauee, tiring light 



