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two eland, one wildebeest, two topi, two 
impalla, one Roberts’ gazelle, one Thom¬ 
son’s gazelle. Except the lioness and one 
impalla (both of which we shot running), 
all were shot at rather long ranges; seven 
were shot standing, two walking, five run¬ 
ning. The average distance at which they 
were shot was a little over two hundred and 
twenty yards. I used sixty-five cartridges, 
an amount which will seem excessive chiefly 
to those who are not accustomed actually 
to count the cartridges they expend, to 
measure the distances at which they fire 
and to estimate for themselves the range, 
on animals in the field when they are stand¬ 
ing or running a good way off. Only one 
wounded animal got away; and eight of 
the animals I shot had to be finished with 
one bullet—two in the case of the lioness— 
as they lay on the ground. Many of the 
cartridges expended really represented 
range-finding. 
***As I have mentioned, this beautiful double-barrelled Holland rifle was presented to me by 
certain English friends; Mr. E. N. Buxton having taken 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-Gen. Sir F. Reginald Wingate, K.C.B. 
(Governor-General of the Soudan.) 
Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 
The Earl of Lonsdale. (Master of Hounds.) 
Sir R. G. Harvey, Bart. 
The Rt. 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 Soc.) 
C. E. Green, Esq. (Master of Essex Hounds.) 
F. C. Selous, Esq. (“ A Hunter’s Wanderings,” 
etc.) 
Count Blucher. 
Lieut.-Col. C. Delme Radcliffe, C.M.G., 
M.V.O. 
Maurice Egerton, Esq. 
Lord Desborough, C.V.O. 
Captain M. McNeill. 
Claude H. Tritton, Esq. 
J. Turner-Turner, Esq. 
Hon. L. W. Rothschild, M.P. 
Rt. Hon. Sir E. Grey, Bart., M.P. (Foreign 
Secretary and author of “Dry Fly Fishing.”) 
Sir M. de C. Findlay, C.M.G. (British Min¬ 
ister at Dresden.) 
C. Phillipps-Wolley, Esq., F.R.G.S. (“Sport 
in the Caucasus.”) 
Rt. Hon. Sir G. O. Trevelyan, Bart., D.C.L. 
(“The American Revolution.”) 
Warburton Pike, Esq. 
Sir Wm. E. Garstin, G.C.M.G. 
His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G. (“A 
Great Estate.”) 
Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford. 
Lord Brassey, G.C.B., M.V.O. (Owner of 
, The Sunbeam.) 
Hon. T. A. Brassey. (Editor of the Naval 
Annual.) 
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Rhys Williams, Esq. 
Major-Gen. A. A. A. Kinloch, C.B. (‘ Large 
Game in Thibet.”) 
Sir Wm. Lee-Warner, K.C.S.I. (“The Pro¬ 
tected Princes of India.”) 
The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop, of Lon¬ 
don. 
Major-Gen. Dalrymple White. 
Colonel Claude Cane. 
Rt. Hon. Sydney Buxton, M.P. (Postmaster 
General, “Fishing and Shooting.”) 
Major C. E. Radclyffe, D.S.O. 
Sir A. E. Pease, Bart. (“Cleveland Hounds.”) 
Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. (“The 
Uganda Protectorate.”) 
Abel Chapman, Esq. (“Wild Spain.”) 
J. G. Millais, Esq., F.Z.S. (“A Breath from 
the Veldt.”) 
E. Lort-Phillips, Esq. (Author of ornitho¬ 
logical works.) 
R. Kearton, Esq., F.Z.S. (“Wild Nature’s 
Ways.”) 
J. H. Gurney, Esq., F.Z.S. (Works on ornith¬ 
ology). 
F. J. Jackson, C.B., C.M.G., Lieut.-Governor 
East African Protectorate. (“Big 
Game,” Badminton Library.) 
Col. Sir F. Lugard, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. 
Lady Lugard. (“A Tropical Dependency.”) 
Sir Clement L. Hill, K.C.B., M.P. (Late 
Head of the African Department; Foreign O. 
Sir H. Seton-Karr, M.P., C.M.G. (“My 
Sporting Holidays.”) 
Captain Boyd Alexander. . (“From the Niger 
to the Nile.”) 
Sir J. Kirk, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. (Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s companion, 1858-64.) 
Moreton Frewen, Esq. 
The Earl of Warwick. 
P. L. Sclater, Esq., D.Sc., Ph.D. (Late Sec. 
Zool. Soc.) 
Col. J. H. Patterson, D.S.O. (“The Tsavo 
Lion.”) 
