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 clos,e 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 
