Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-03-25
OUTFIT FOR BIG HUNT
Novel Equipment of President
RooseveIt's African Expedition.
COMPACT AND EASILY CARRIED

ture All Luxuries of Summer Home.
Veranda a Feature-Bathtub, Folding
Bed and Hanging Wardrobe.
A remarkable tent which in minia-
ture will provide almost all of the
luxuries of a summer home will be
part of the equipment of President
Roosevelt's African hunting trip. The
entire outfit for the expedition was
purchased in London, where details oi
the paraphernalia were recently made
public.
The tent is provided with bath
room, veranda, a folding bed, a
wardrobe and all the appurtenances of
a comfortable residence. 1t is remark
able in the fact that in entirety it
might be inclosed in a steamer trunk.
The equipment has been gathered
under the supervision of f. c. Selous,
a famous pioneer in big game shooting,
The tent. which will accommodate two
persons, is u by 10 feet and 7 feet
inches high in the center. 1t is lined in
side with turkey red twill and has all
sorts of pockets to hold odds and ends.
L
Il second canvas, affording greater pro-
lection from the elements and in the
heat of the day keeping the interior
cooler. Under this second canvas,
known as the "hy," the "boys" sleep,
sharing the space with their loads.
The bath is of canvas on folding
frame, which by the simplest possible
readiustment becomes a washstand.
Outside the tent there hangs a can
vas water cooler. There are also can
vas buckets for carrying the water
from the nearest spring
First in Importance inside the tent is
the folding bed, fitted with rods for
the mosquito curtains. Quickly dis
mounted, the bed can be neatly packed
in a bag, something like that used for
carrying golf clubs. and the whole
package weighs only about twenty-five
! pounds. BY way OF covering there are
/ usually two Jaeger" sheets and two
camers hair blankets. as in the high
| altitude It is frequently cold at night.
! The mattress and pillow are of horse
hair and canvas, and the former folds
up like a window blind
/ Other features of the interior are a
/ folding table weighing about four
/ pounds, canvas hanging wardrobe. n
folding mirror a dressing roll. replac-
ing the conventional hand dressing
/ case, and the green canvas ground
| sheet To the tent poles are attached
] leather straps, fitted with brass hooks
| for guns. coats and other articles
which 1t is desirable to hang up.
For lighting it is usual to take sew
/ eral windproof hurricane" lamps, a
mechanical oil lamp requiring no chin
ney, n collapsible candle lamp and per
haps one or two reading lamps.
/ Two persons on three months big
| game hunting expedition would want
between fifty and sixty native bearers
to carry their outfit and provisions
/ The boys are directly under the
command of n headman, who acts as
/ guide. Many of the natives are clever
ed in a hole in the ground, they will
| speedily bake bread or roast small
| game or joints.
/ For other foods and methods Of cook
| ing the hunter takes with him what is
I called the cooks box" in the makeup
of which great ingenuity is displayed.
/ The box is only about two feet six
inches long and fifteen inches wide
and is divisioned In addition to sup.
plies of groceries for the day up to
twenty-eight pounds, it contains a
large kettle a frying pan with folding
handle. a grill with telescoping handle
and a saucepan capable of boiling a
/ large pudding or round of meat.
( In big game hunting it may often
arise that death is only TO be avoided
by having to hand good weapon, alb
solutely reliable. The greatest possible
care has therefore to be given to the
selection of ones guns, rifles, revolv-
ers and other weapons.
For birds and other small game the
hunter wants a good English ejector
10 bore double barreled shotgun; for
lions and deer the most serviceable
weapon is n 303 bore English single
barrel rifle or a Mauser or Mannlicher
of similar bore-i. e., carrying car
fridge about three inches long. For
| really big game, such as elephant, rhi-
noceros and hippopotamus, he must
have first class double barreled, high
velocity cordite rifle Of 4o0-500 bore,
which carries a cartridge from four
and half to five inches long. Besides
these good English pattern revolver
| and a first class hunting knife are
wanted for emergencies, such as quick
ly dispatching wounded animal at
close quarters.
Apart from his camping and hunting
outfit one man on a three months big
game hunt requires about fifteen
CHOPS" 4 "chop" Is a box of gen
eral provisions weighing, complete. six
ty pounds.
Among the COntrivances not already
mentioned which make for comfort in
big game shooting are combined
folding spade and pick for trenching
round the tent In case of rain, fold
ing metal boottrees, hair clippers and
safety razors, BARRIERS being scarce in
Uganda; portable weighing balance,
which enables one to give figures TO
skeptical friends; a patent pump filter,
Indispensable where the water Is thick
and muddy a mincing machine, an
alarm clock and walking stick which
at the will of the owner becomes q
stool, upon which he can seat himself
to wait for big game without undue