OUR EQUIPMENT. 
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Our battery consisted of an 8-bore double-barrelled 
and rifled, a 577 0 express and a 450° express apiece, in 
addition to shot guns. The 8-bore fires eight and ten 
drachms of powder and a semi-conical solid bullet 
hardened by a mixture of tin and lead, which I found 
more effective than any other. The 577° fires nearly 
seven drachms of powder, and the 450° nearly six, and 
we used conical hardened bullets with both, in prefer¬ 
ence to any others. 
Our dress consisted of Kharki Norfolk jackets with 
spinal paddings, flannel shirt, cummerbund, knicker¬ 
bockers, strong shooting boots and pith helmets. We 
had Indian double tents, of different sizes, for ourselves 
and a single one for the servants, and a reasonable 
amount of medical comforts in the form of champagne, 
claret, port, brandy, whisky, and special articles of diet. 
I have entered into this full detail of our caravan 
equipment, as it should be of some use to others who 
may feel disposed to start on a sporting trip over the 
same country; and though they could not now expect 
to find the hunting grounds in a virgin state, they are 
still capable of yielding fair sport to hard-working 
sportsmen. 
A single description of our camping arrangements 
will be sufficient, as they were all very much alike, with 
the exception that, when we reached a game country, 
we made a hedge of thorns ( bomct ) every night, as a 
protection against wild-beasts and possible surprises 
from hostile natives. Directly the ground for a camp 
was selected, an imposing centre point was made by 
