Narossara Mts. 6450 40 62 52 Cold



APPENDIX II

GAME ANIMALS COLLECTED



Lion Bush pig Grant's gazelle

Serval cat Baboon Thompson's gazelle



Cheetah Colobus Gerenuk gazelle

Black-backed jackal Hippopotamus Coke's hartebeests



Silver jackal Rhinoceros Jackson's hartebeests

Striped hyena Crocodile Neuman's hartebeests



Spotted hyena Python Chandler's reedbuck

Fennec fox Ward's zebra Bohur reedbuck



Honey badger Grevy's zebra Beisa ox

Aardewolf Notata gazelle Fringe-eared oryx



Wart-hog Roberts' gazelle Duiker

Waterbuck Klipspringer Harvey's duiker



Sing-sing Dik-dik Greater kudu

Oribi (3 varieties) Wildebeeste Lesser kudu



Eland Roosevelt's wildebeests Sable antelope

Roan antelope Buffalo



Bushbuck Topi

Total, fifty-four kinds



GAME BIRDS COLLECTED

Marabout Gadwall Lesser bustard



Egret European stork Guinea fowl

Glossy ibis Quail Giant guinea fowl



Egyptian goose Sand grouse Green pigeon

White goose Francolin Blue pigeon



English snipe Spur fowl Dove (2 species)

Mallard duck Greater bustard



Total, twenty-two kinds

APPENDIX III



For the benefit of the sportsman and gun crank who want plain

facts and no flapdoodle, the following statistics are offered. To



the lay reader this inclusion will be incomprehensible; but I

know my gun crank as I am one myself!



Army Springfield, model 1903 to take the 1906 cartridge, shooting

the Spitzer sharp point bullet. Stocked to suit me by Ludwig



Wundhammer, and fitted with Sheard gold bead front sight and

Lyman aperturereceiver sight. With this I did most my shooting,



as the trajectory was remarkably good, and the killing power

remarkable. Tried out both the old-fashioned soft point bullets



and the sharp Spitzer bullets, but find the latter far the more

effective. In fact the paralyzing shock given by the Spitzer is



almost beyond belief. African animals are notably tenacious of

life; but the Springfield dropped nearly half the animals dead



with one shot; a most unusual record, as every sportsman will

recognize. The bullets seemed on impact always to flatten



slightly at the base, the point remaining intact-to spin widely

on the axis, and to plunge off at an angle. This action of course



depended on the high velocity. The requisitevelocity, however

seemed to keep up within all shooting ranges. A kongoni I killed



at 638 paces (measured), and another at 566 paces both exhibited

this action of the bullet. I mention these ranges because I have



seen the statement in print that the remaining velocity beyond

350 yards would not be sufficient in this arm to prevent the



bullet passing through cleanly. I should also hasten to add that

I do not habitually shoot at game at the above ranges; but did so



in these two instances for the precise purpose of testing the

arm. Metal fouling did not bother me at all, though I had been



led to expect trouble from it. The weapon was always cleaned with

water so boiling hot that the heat of the barrel dried it. When



occasionally flakes of metal fouling became visible a Marble

brush always sufficed to remove enough of it. It was my habit to



smear the bullets with mobilubricant before placing them in the

magazine. This was not as much of a nuisance as it sounds. A



small tin box about the size of a pill box lasted me the whole

trip; and only once did I completely empty the magazine at one



time. On my return I tested the rifle very thoroughly for

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• governor [´gʌvənə] n.总督；州长 (初中英语单词)


• system [´sistəm] n.系统，体系，制度 (初中英语单词)


• farewell [feə´wel] int.再见 n.&a.告别 (初中英语单词)


• conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən] n.结束；结论；推论 (初中英语单词)


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• fierce [fiəs] a.残忍的；强烈的 (初中英语单词)


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• sensible [´sensəbəl] a.感觉得到的 (初中英语单词)


• constant [´kɔnstənt] a.坚定的；坚贞的 (初中英语单词)


• extreme [ik´stri:m] a.尽头的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• protection [prə´tekʃən] n.警戒；护照；通行证 (初中英语单词)


• helmet [´helmit] n.钢盔 (初中英语单词)


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• european [juərə´pi:ən] a.欧洲的 n.欧洲人 (初中英语单词)


• sportsman [´spɔ:tsmən] n.运动员；好运动的人 (初中英语单词)


• bullet [´bulit] n.子弹 (初中英语单词)


• old-fashioned [´əuld´feʃənd] a.老式的；过时的 (初中英语单词)


• belief [bi´li:f] n.相信；信仰，信条 (初中英语单词)


• unusual [ʌn´ju:ʒuəl] a.不平常的；异常的 (初中英语单词)


• plunge [plʌndʒ] v.插进 n.投入；冲击 (初中英语单词)


• hasten [´heisən] vt.催促；促进 vi.赶紧 (初中英语单词)


• bother [´bɔðə] v.打扰 n.麻烦(事) (初中英语单词)


• weapon [´wepən] n.武器；斗争手段 (初中英语单词)


• barrel [´bærəl] n.(琵琶)桶；圆筒 (初中英语单词)


• visible [´vizəbəl] a.可见的；明显的 (初中英语单词)


• thoroughly [´θʌrəli] ad.完全地，彻底地 (初中英语单词)


• investigate [in´vestigeit] v.调查(研究) (高中英语单词)


• gravel [´grævəl] n.砾石 vt.铺砾石 (高中英语单词)


• partnership [´pɑ:tnəʃip] n.合伙关系 (高中英语单词)


• desperately [´despəritli] ad.绝望地；拼命地 (高中英语单词)


• incredible [in´kredəbəl] a.不能相信的；惊人的 (高中英语单词)


• buffalo [´bʌfələu] n.水牛；野牛 (高中英语单词)


• comprehensive [,kɔmpri´hensiv] a.综合的；理解的 (高中英语单词)


• passionate [´pæʃənit] a.易动情的；易怒的 (高中英语单词)


• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)


• literally [´litərəli] ad.逐字地；实际上 (高中英语单词)


• elevation [,eli´veiʃən] n.高度；晋升；高尚 (高中英语单词)


• badger [´bædʒə] n.獾；獾皮(毛) (高中英语单词)


• receiver [ri´si:və] n.接收者；接待人 (高中英语单词)


• nuisance [´nju:səns] n.损害；讨厌的人(事) (高中英语单词)


• trusty [´trʌsti] a.可靠的 n.可信任的 (英语四级单词)


• veranda [və´rændə] n.游廊；阳台 (英语四级单词)


• vitality [vai´tæliti] n.活力；生命力；效力 (英语四级单词)


• scottish [´skɔtiʃ, ´skɑtiʃ] a.&n.苏格兰人(的) (英语四级单词)


• outlook [´autluk] n.眺望；景色；展望 (英语四级单词)


• alabama [,ælə´bæmə] n.亚拉巴马(州) (英语四级单词)


• logical [´lɔdʒikəl] a.逻辑(上)的 (英语四级单词)


• equator [i´kweitə] n.赤道 (英语四级单词)


• lesser [´lesə] a.较小的；次要的 (英语四级单词)


• antelope [´æntiləup] n.羚羊 (英语四级单词)


• grouse [graus] n.松鸡 vi.&n.抱怨 (英语四级单词)


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• equatorial [,ekwə´tɔ:riəl] a.赤道的，近赤道的 (英语六级单词)


• humidity [hju:´miditi] n.湿气；湿度 (英语六级单词)


• effectually [i´fektjuəli] ad.有效地 (英语六级单词)


• crocodile [´krɔkədail] n.鳄鱼；假慈悲的人 (英语六级单词)


• guinea [´gini] n.几尼(英国旧金币) (英语六级单词)


• cartridge [´kɑ:tridʒ] n.弹药筒；子弹 (英语六级单词)


• notably [´nəutəbli] ad.显著地；著名地 (英语六级单词)


• impact [´impækt] n.影响，作用；冲击 (英语六级单词)


• habitually [hə´bitjuəli] adv.习惯地 (英语六级单词)