A double 8-bore rifle, weighing 15 lbs., sighted for 100 and 200 yards, shooting 12 drams of powder and a spherical bullet. A double .500 Express, sighted for 100 and 200 yards, bored for long bottle-shaped cases, ‘Magnum,’ shooting 6 drams of powder and long bullets of three kinds--solid, small-hole, and copper-tube. A 12-bore shot-gun. To the above were added a single .450 Express with telescope sight up to 300 yards for long shots when game was wild; a .44 Winchester carbine, a wonderfully accurate and first-rate little weapon for _Gazella Thomsoni_ and such small game; a .295 rook rifle; and a 12-bore Paradox by Messrs. Holland. This is an admirable weapon, and cannot be too highly recommended for shooting in bush where game is generally to be seen within 100 yards, though it rarely offers more than a snap shot. A Paradox is particularly useful should the sportsman’s dinner depend on a snap shot at an antelope, guinea-fowl, or francolin. In a country where transport is difficult to obtain and also expensive, and where every cartridge is important and has to be considered, it would be as well to take a 20-bore Paradox instead of a 12-bore. Moreover, for a weapon that would rarely be out of the hand (except when stalking or following up a wounded beast), its lightness, especially on the march or when returning to camp dead beat after a good hard day, would be a great advantage. Many is the time I have longed for such a handy little weapon. A very favourite battery amongst sportsmen, and one which many recommend, is as follows:-- A double 8-bore rifle. A double .577 Express rifle. A double .450 Express rifle. A double 20-bore shot-gun. If, however, I were asked to recommend a first-rate battery for East Africa, I should say:-- A single 4-bore rifle, as above, with only one sight--100 yards. A double 8-bore, as above, with only one sight--100 yards. A double .500 Express, as above. A single .450 Express, as above, or .400 for long cartridge. A 20-bore Paradox. And a .295 rook rifle. Hammerless rifles and guns are much safer in the hands of native gun-bearers than hammered guns, besides having other and most important advantages, which, however, it is needless for me to enter upon.