4 TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 



Two small .22 Winchesters. 



One single-barrel .350. 



One 410 bore collector's gun. 



A regular olla podrida in rifles. 



My uncle selected these from his armoury as being 

 the ones of all others he would feel safest in sending 

 us out with. There may, in the opinion of many, be 

 much more suitable ones for women to use, but, 

 speaking as one who had the using of them, I must 

 say I think the old shikari did the right thing, and if I 

 went again the same rifles would accompany me. 



My uncle is a small man, with a shortish arm, and 

 therefore his reach about equalled ours, and his rifles 

 might have been made for us. 



We also towed about with us two immensely heavy 

 shot guns. They were a great nuisance, merely adding 

 to the baggage, and we never used them as far as I 

 remember. 



As we meant frequently to go about unescorted, a 

 revolver or pistol seemed indispensable in the belt, and 

 under any conditions such a weapon would be handy 

 and give one a sense of security. On the advice of 

 another great sportsman we equipped ourselves with a 

 good shikar pistol apiece, 12-bore; and I used mine 

 on one occasion very effectively at close quarters 

 with an ard-wolf, so can speak to the usefulness and 

 efficiency of the weapon. 



It was the "cutting the ivy" season in Suburbia 

 when we drove through it early one afternoon, and in 

 front of every pill-box villa the suburban husband 

 stood on a swaying ladder as he snipped away, all 



