Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-12
'OUIE|I FOR BIG HUNT
NOVEL EQUIPMENT PREPARED
Il FOR RoosEvELTs AFRICAN
EXPEDITION.
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EASILY TRANSPORTED BE-
CAUSE IT IS COMPACT.

EASILY TRANSPORTED BE-
~ -'' ' CAUSE 1T IS COMPACT
Remarkable Tent Provides IN Minia-
kurs All Luxuries Of a Summer Home.
Il Nersnda Fsature-Bathtub, Folding
ii Bed and Hanging Wardrobe.
a remarkable. tent which in minia-
ture will provide almost all Of the
luxuriag Of 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 Of
the paraphernlliA were recently made
public.
The tent Is provided with bath
room, q veranda, a folding bed, a
wardrobe and all the appurtenances of
4 comfortable residence. 1t is remark
able IN the fact that in entirety it
might be inclosed In steamer trunk.
The equipment has been gathered
under the supervision Of F. @. selous,
q famous pioneer in big game shooting.
. The tent, which will accommodate two
parsons, Is 12 by 10 feet and Z feet 8
inches high In the center. It is lined in
side with turkey red twill and has all
sorts Of pockets to hold odds and ends.
1t d double ridged, which provides for
q 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 AZ the n.y. the .boys" sleep,
sharing the space with their loads.
The bath Il Of canvas on a folding
frame, which by the simplest possible
Reimbursement becomes washstand.
Outsidc the tent there hangs a can
vas wator cooler. There are also can
vas buckets FOR carrying the water
from the nearest spring.
81 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
81 a bag, somsthing 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
cancels 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
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Other features Of the interior are a
folding table Weighing about four
pound9 : canvas hanging wardrobe, a
fielding mirror, q dressing roll, replac-
ing the conventional hand dressing
case, and the green canvas ground
sheet. no the tent poles are attached
leather straps. fitted with brass hooks,
for guns, coats and other articles
which it Is desirable to hang up.
'Ss For lighting 1t fssusual to stake sew
seral windproof Hurricane" lamps, a
mechanical OIL lamp requiring no Chin
.ney, a collapsible candle lamp and per-
shaps one or two reading lamps.
Two persons on a three months big
game hunting expedition would want
between fifty and sixty native bearers
80 carry their outfit and provisions.
The boys are directly under the
command Of a headman, who acts as
guide. Many Of the natives are clever
cooks, and, with their own ovens plac-
fed IN hole In the ground, they will
speedily bake bread or ROAST small
game or Joints.
For other foods and methods Of cook.
Eing the hunter takes with him what is
called the 'scook's 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 - divisioned. In addition to sup
plies Of groceries for the day up to
twenty-eight pounds, it contains q
large kettle, q frying pan with folding
handle, q grill with telescoping handle
and 4 saucepan capable Of boiling
large pudding or a round Of meat. :.
IN big game hunting it may often
arise that death is only to be avoided
by having to hand good weapon, abb
fsolutely reliable. The greatest possible
care has therefore to be given to the
selection Of ones guns, rifles, tevolv-
ers and other weapons.
For birds and other small game the
hunter wants q good English ejector
~ bore double barreled shotgun; for
Hons and deer the most serviceable
weapon is 300 bore English single
barrel rifle or Mauser or Mannlicher
OF similar BORE e., carrying a 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 rife of 400-5O0 bore,
which carries a cartridge from four
and half to five inches long. Besides
these a good English pattern revolver
and first class hunting knife are
wanted, for emergencies, such as quick
II dispatching a wounded animal at
close quarters.
Apart from his camping and hunting
outfit one man on three months big
Rame hunt requires about fifteen
sschops." A ''chop" is box Of gen
eral provisions weighing, complete, six
typonnds.
Among the contrivances not already
mentioned which make for comfort in
big game shooting are combined
folding spade and pick for trenching
x1.fAo,A ooea Of IN fol1