14 Notes on South African Hunting. 
Approximate Cost of Trip. 
kinds of antelope, including the gnu and eland. 
There are also plenty of snakes, scorpions and 
white ants, which cause occasional excitement. 
It is useless to try and teach a man to hunt 
on paper. Every man must gain his own 
experience by hard work and close observation. 
It is perhaps needless to add that the necessary 
qualities to make a good hunter are quickness, 
coolness, endurance and patience. Without 
these there is no hunter. 
I give below an approximate cost of an eight 
months’ trip from London. The prices are 
possibly rather high, but one can give any 
price for a good shooting horse, so that the 
total may be assumed to be approximately 
correct. 
£ s. d. 
Voyage from London to Kimberley and back loo o o 
I Wagon and oxen (i span of 12 and 4 spare) 150 00 
1 Shot gun, £ 20 ] I -500 express, £^ 0 ‘^ i 
elephant gun, /40.100 o o 
Cartridges ... ... ... ... ... 20 o o 
2 Salted horses ... ... ... .. ... 100 o o 
Stores, including articles for native barter, 
gifts, &c. 
100 o o 
