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Title: In wildest Africa : the record of a hunting and exploration trip through Uganda, Victoria Nyanza, the Kilimanjaro region and British East Africa, with an account of an ascent of the snowfields of Mount Kibo, in East Central Africa, and a description of the various native tribes
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: MacQueen, Peter, 1865-1924
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Publisher: London : George Ball and sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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jungletravel and exploration. As there is so much big game hunting in BritishEast Africa, there is no trouble in finding a man ora firm, either at Mombasa or Nairobi, to procure allthe necessary porters, tents, ammunition and foodfor a party going into the wilds. There are severalmercantile firms which make a business of supply-ing hunting parties, and there are men who willtake charge of everything at so much per month. A hunting party with porters and attendants iscalled a Safari. The battery for each member, to be sufficient forall needs, should consist of a .450 express, a .303sporting rifle, British model, and a 12-bore shotgun; and I should think that sufficient ammunitionfor a three-months trip would be two hundred andfifty rounds of .450 (fifty hard and two hundredsoft), 300 rounds of .303 (one hundred hard andtwo hundred soft), and five hundred 12-bore shotcartridges of, say, the 6 and 8 sizes, sufficient fora three-months trip. The hunters kit should include a good pith hat,
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In the Country of Big Game 135 a couple of suits of khaki, leather gaiters or a coupleof pairs of puttees, wash-leather gloves to protectthe hands from the sun, and two pairs of boots withhemp soles; long Norwegian boots will also befound very useful. The usual underclothing wornin America in the Fall is all that is required if theshooting is to be done in the highlands, as the tem-perature there corresponds to our October. A goodwarm overcoat will be much appreciated up-country,in the cool of the evenings, and a light mackintoshfor wet weather ought also to be included. The caravan for one sportsman — if he intendsgoing far from the railway — is usually made upas follows, though the exact numbers depend uponmany considerations: I Headman I Cook .... I Gun-bearer . 1 Boy (personal servant) 2 Askaris (armed porters).30 Porters .... 50 rupees per month 35 35 • 20 12 « each ID «♦ each The sportsman is obliged to provide each porterwith a jersey, blanket and water bottle, while

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