THE SPORTSMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



mounted by even the most artistic hands ; while such work, although 

 of an unpleasant character, should never be placed in the hands of 

 native servants until they have been first thoroughly inducted into 

 what is required by their white masters. Full information on this 

 very important subject to the sportsman can be obtained in that 

 extremely useful handbook, " The Practical Collecting and Pre- 

 serving of Trophies,'' by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S.; and as regards the 

 setting up of the same, the reputation of the firm of which that 

 gentleman is the head is so deservedly high as to require no further 

 comment, while the natural and artistic work of Gerrard, of Camden 

 Town, can also be mentioned. 



A special danger against which travellers cannot be too strongly 

 warned is the frequent use of spirituous liquors, particularly that 

 villanous compound called Cape brandy, but otherwise known as 

 " Cape smoke," and which invariably proves fatal if taken regularly 

 or in quantities. It possesses the reputation of beating the record 

 of all African fevers and diseases by cutting short the career of 

 many a promising young fellow. Attention should also be called 

 to the inordinate use of purgative medicines, which persons new to 

 the country invariably indulge in, it being necessary to carefully 

 avoid, except in cases of great necessity, all opening medicines ; but 

 where such are absolutely required, castor oil is much to be pre- 

 ferred. The habit of taking quinine as a fever preventive has 

 the effect of rendering the drug quite useless when a real attack 

 comes on, and great caution should be exercised when anti-pryrine 

 is resorted to. 



