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One double *577 Express rifle (with 250 cartridges for six weeks). 
One double 8-bore Paradox ball-gun (witli 150 ball cartridges and a 
few buckshot). 
One double 12-bore Paradox ball-gun (with 100 ball, 200 shot). 
One single Lee-Metford '803 rifle (with 300 rounds). 
The cartridges should be filled and soldered up in tin in convenient 
quantities by the gunmaker. I have never taken the trouble to load rifle 
cartridges ; a good maker will load them well, and if soldered up they 
will keep for months. I believe most of the letting off and wounding of 
game is due more to the inability to get close enough than to defects in 
rifle or cartridges. For the open plains, when the game is shy, the Lee- 
Metford will be useful. The grass is often so short that shots may be 
taken on the back position. Every shot knocks up a puff of dust, en- 
abling one to correct the aim. In the case of an antelope the neck should 
be aimed at, so that the animal will be missed or killed ; and a deadly 
shot is when the animal is standing bead-on, so as to present the length 
of the body to a raking bullet. If the distance be very great, the animal 
will, if unwounded, stand for several shots. In this way long shots are 
not unsportsmanlike, and I must confess to a feeling of pleasure when an 
almost black bull hartebeest, whose horns have been admired at leisure 
through the telescope, and who has been standing four hundred yards 
away, drops dead. To fire at random into a herd, unless meat is urgently 
required, is utterly indefensible. 
In buying rifles there is a choice of makers. Personally I have nearly 
always gone to Messrs. Holland and Holland for my rifles and ammuni- 
tion, and have been perfectly satisfied with the way I have been treated. 
Their eight-bore Paradox ball-gun I consider the best weapon in the 
market for heavy game such as elephant or rhino. I had a four-bore rifle 
with fourteen drs. and hard spherical ball, but found that the conical 
steel-core projectile of the eight-bore gave greater shock and penetration. 
Snider carbines are useful weapons lor the escort, and it may be noted 
that the ammunition makes excellent practice at short ranges when fin d 
out of a *577 Express. This can be done if the chamber happens to be of 
the right shape, and the knowledge has been useful to me more than once, 
although whether such a proceeding is good for the rifle is questionable. 
A revolver or pistol is a useful weapon to carry, especially if one wanders 
in the bush alone. I recommend, if a double shikar pistol be taken, that 
one of about '577 or twelve-bore be chosen, with one trigger for both 
barrels on the Lancaster principle. When after lion or leopard, and not 
well backed up by the gunbearer, a situation may arise where such a 
pistol would be handy. In a home charge the rifle would be knocked 
out of the hands, but the pistol, being on the belt, would always be ready. 
I have known two cases of a native trying to beat off a lion with his bare 
hands. One man was successful and the other lost his life. I feel sure 
that in the latter case a pistol would have made all the difference. It is 
worth remembering that when buying a Lee-Metford rifle of military 
pattern, the bayonet should be supplied with it, as it is a perfect shikar 
knife for the belt. 
In disturbed country, where an attack by robbers may be apprehended, 
the eight-bore Paradox gun loaded with S.S.G. slugs would be a good 
night weapon to rely upon. I therefore recommend that a few cartridges 
be so loaded for this and the twelve -bore. Among the ‘577 Express 
