Part 25 (2/2)
In a country tee etation is unusually well armed with thorns, spines and hooks, mostly poisonous; in a country where, oftener than in any other a et down on his hands and knees and crawl a few assorted abrading miles, it would seem an obvious necessity to protect one's bare skin as iven for these astonishi+ng garments is that they are cooler and freer to walk in That I can believe But they allow ticks and other insects to crawl up, mosquitoes to bite, thorns to tear, and assorted troubles to enter And I can vouch by experience that ordinary breeches are not uncoet especially hot in the legs anyway I noticed that none of the old-tihame or Judd wore shorts The real reason is not that they are cool, but that they are picturesque Coe practical, ed in far-in our own West, who used to appear at afternoon tea in a clean suit of blue overalls! It is a harmless a chaps for shorts, perhaps I a to keep ear I found that nothing could beat our Ah-laced boots and heavy knit socks Leather leggings are noisy, and the rolled puttees hot and binding Have your boots ten or twelve inches high, with a flap to buckle over the tie of the laces, with soles of the nated leather called ”elk hide,” and with srease these every day with ”dubbin,” of which you want a good supply It is not enerally, but I wore one pair of boots all the ti They were in good condition when I gave them away finally, and had not started a stitch They were made by that excellent craftsman, A A Cutter, of Eau Claire, Wis, and he deserves and is entirely welcome to this puff
Needless to remark, I have received no especial favours from Mr Cutter
Six pairs of woollen socks, knit by hand, if possible-will be enough
For evening, when you coh moosehide moccasins They should, however, be provided with thin soles against the stray thorn, and should reach well above the ankle by way of defence against the fever uerrilla warfare lon The English ” boot, made of suede leather, with thin soles It is most cooes to pieces in a very brief ti wear about ca I have always are extent When at work or travel the coat is in the way When in camp the sweater or buckskin shi+rt is handier, and more easily carried In Africa, however, where the other fellow does most of the work, a coat is often very handy Do not arment When you want it at all, you want it warm and substantial Stick on all the pockets possible, and have the to equal a long and volu the chest and around the waist permit one to throw it off the shoulders to shoot It covers the hands, the rifle-ets out there One can sleep in or on it, and it is a ainst heavy winds One suit of paja your tent boy's commendable mania for laundry work Add handkerchiefs and you are fixed
You ear most of the above, and put what reht affair with a wooden botto Pick out your guns to suit yourself You want a light one and a heavy one
When I caain to take the other fellow's experience I was told by everybody that I should bring plenty, that it was better to have too ht so ly shi+pped a trifle over 1,500 rounds of sot into the field with any of my numerous advisers on this point, so cannot state theirleads me to believe that they consider it unsports ani nearer than 250 yards Further until the last cloud of dust has died down on the distant horizon Only thus can I conceive of getting rid of that a, for exa for trophies, as well as to feed a safari of fluctuating nuot aith 395 rounds of se This accounted for 225 kills That should give one an idea
Figure out how many animals you are likely to want for ANY purpose, es
To carry these cartridges I should adopt the English system of a stout leather belt on which you slip various sized pockets and loops to suit the occasion Each unit has loops for ten cartridges You rarely want unbearer is supplied In addition to the loops, you have leather pockets to carry your watch; youryou please They are handy and safe The tropical cli else, out of ordinary pockets
In addition, you supply your gunbearer with a cartridge belt, a leather or canvas carrying bag, water bottle for hi are your camera, tape line, the whetstone, field cleaners and lunch You personally carry your field glasses, sun glasses, a knife, colasses should not be et the sort with detachable prisms The prisms are apt to cloud in a tropical climate, and the non-detachable sort are allasses around your neck by a strap only just long enough to permit you to raise them to your eyes The best notebook is the ”loose-leaf” sort By means of this you can keep always a fresh leaf on top; and at night can transfer your day's notes to safe keeping in your tin box The sun glasses should not be s with them-but of the new amberol, the sort that excludes the ultra-violet rays, but otherwise ayer Spectacle frames of non-corrosive white uns you must supply plenty of oil, and then sounbearer has a quite proper and gratifying, buthorror for a suspicion of rust; and to use oil any faster he would have to drink it
Other Equipment All this has takenup that tin box Dump in your toilet effects and a bath towel, two or three scalpels for taxider, so materials, a flask of brandy, kodak films packed in tin, a boxed thermometer, an aneroid (if you are curious as to elevations), journal, tags for labelling trophies, a few yards of gun cloth, and the medicine kit
The latter divides into two classes: for your men and for yourself
The men will suffer fro; diarrhaea, bronchial colds, fever and various small injuries For ”tumbo” you want a liberal supply of Epsoood expectorant for the colds; quinine for the fever; peres for the injuries With this lot you can do wonders For yourself you need, or may need, in addition, a more elaborate lot: Laxative, quinine, phenacetin, bismuth and soda, bromide of ammonium, morphia, camphor-ice, and aspirin A clinical thermometer for whites and one for blacks should be included A tin of ency ration after fever
By this tieneral supplies