An African Shooting Trip 



tended purchasing in London sent to our 

 destination along with the other ammunition ; 

 we therefore found ourselves in the curious 

 position of being obliged to buy such rifles as 

 would fit our cartridges, a condition of things 

 which greatly amused the gun-makers. For- 

 tunately we found the rifles we needed, and 

 they did us good service. 



On the passage out, we added to our stock 

 of provisions and medical supplies a*t Malta 

 and Port Said. On arriving at Aden we found 

 it the hot and forsaken place ij^i always pic- 

 tured ; but, labor being ve jH we easily 

 cultivated the habit of sittipPI Re pleasant 

 stone veranda of the hoteir^KjB natives 

 moved back and forth between us and the 

 different shops. 



We fell in here with anEnglish officer, Cap- 

 tain Swayne, who gave us many valuable 

 hints in regard to what we should carry as 

 food for ourselves and men, and the best 

 method of packing it up for camel transporta- 

 tion. This last is a very important matter, as 

 the boxes or bags must be of a certain size 

 and weight and properly distributed on the 

 camel's back ; otherwise, you are sure to have 

 a camel with a sore back in a short time, and 



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