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THE PLEISTOCENE AGE 
[CH. I 
leather, and the legs buttoning tight from the knee to 
below the ankle, to avoid the need of leggings ; a khaki- 
coloured army shirt, and a sun helmet, which I wore in 
deference to local advice, instead of my beloved and 
far more convenient slouch hat. My rifles were an 
army Springfield, 30-calibre, stocked and sighted to suit 
myself; a Winchester *405 ; and a double-barrelled 
•500-*450 Holland, a beautiful weapon presented to 
me by some English friends. 1 
1 Mr. E. N. Buxton took the lead in the matter when he heard 
that I intended making a trip after big game in Africa. I 
received the rifle at the White House, while I was President. 
Inside the case was the following list of donors: 
LIST OF ZOOLOGISTS AND SPORTSMEN WHO ARE 
DONORS OF A DOUBLE ELEPHANT RIFLE TO 
THE HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 
PRESIDENT U.S.A. 
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE PRESERVATION 
OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATIONAL PARKS AND FOREST 
RESERVES, AND BY OTHER MEANS 
E. N. Buxton, Esq. 
Rt. Hon. Lord Avebury, D.C.L. (“ The Pleasures of Life,” etc.) 
Major-General Sir E. Reginald Wingate, K.C.B. (Governor- 
General of the Soudan.) 
Silt Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 
The Earl of Lonsdale. (Master of Hounds.) 
Sir R. G. Harvey, Bart. 
The Right Hon. Lord Curzon of Kedleston, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. 
St. George Littledale, Esq. 
Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., F.Z.S. (Secretary of the 
Zoological Society.) 
C. E. Green, Esq. (Master of Essex Hounds.) 
F. C. Selous, Esq. (“ A Hunter’s Wanderings,” etc.) 
Count Blucher. 
Lieut.-Colonel C. Delme Radcliffe, C.M.G., M.V.O. 
Maurice Egerton, Esq. 
Lord Desborough, C.V.O. 
Captain M. McNeill. 
