ld, however, be provided with thin
soles against the stray thorn, and should reach well above the ankle by
way of defence against the fever mosquito. That festive insect carries
on a surreptitious guerrilla warfare low down. The English "mosquito
boot" is simply an affair like a riding boot, made of suede leather,
with thin soles. It is most comfortable. My objection is that it
is unsubstantial and goes to pieces in a very brief time even under
ordinary evening wear about camp.

You will also want a coat. In American camping I have always maintained
the coat is a useless garment. There one does his own work to a large
extent. When at work or travel the coat is in the way. When in camp
the sweater or buckskin shirt 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 make the mistake of getting an unlined
light-weight garment. When you want it at all, you want it warm and
substantial. Stick on all the pockets possible, and have them button
securely.

For wet weather there is nothing to equal a long and voluminous cape.
Straps crossing the chest and around the waist permit one to throw it
off the shoulders to shoot. It covers the hands, the rifle-most of the
little horses or mules one gets out there. One can sleep in or on it,
and it is a most effective garment against heavy winds. One suit of
pajamas is enough, considering your tent boy's commendable mania for
laundry work. Add handkerchiefs and you are fixed.

You will wear most of the above, and put what remains in your "officer's
box." This is a thin steel, air-tight affair with a wooden bottom, and
is the ticket for African work.

Sporting. Pick out your guns to suit yourself. You want a light one and
a heavy one.

When I came to send out my ammunition, I was forced again to take the
other fellow's experience. I was told by everybody that I should bring
plenty, that it was better to have too much than too little, etc. I
rather thought so myself, and accordingly shipped a trifle over 1,500
rounds of small bore cartridges. Unfortunately, I never got into the
field with any of my numerous advisers on this point, so cannot state
their methods from first-hand information. Inductive reasoning leads me
to believe that they consider it unsportsmanlike to shoot at a standing
animal at all, or at one running nearer than 250 yards. Furthermore, it
is etiquette to continue firing until the