Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-03-31
OUTFIT FOR BIC 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 Ininia-
ture will provide almost all of the
Injuries 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 Of
the paraphernalia were recently made
public.
The tent is provided with bath
room, a veranda. folding bed, a
wardrobe and al 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 B. @. SelOus,
a famous pioneer in big game shooting.
The tent, which viii accommodate two
persons, is II by 10 feet and feet
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.
It is double ridged, which provides for
q second canvas. affordfng greater pro-
lection from the elements and IA the
heat OF the day keeping the interior
cooler. Under this second canvas
known as the "fy," the 'Doysp Sleep
sharing the space with their lo0Gas.
The bath is Of canvas on folding
frame, which by the simplest possible
readjustment becomes a washstands
Outside the tent there hangs a can
vas water cooler There are Also cam
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
camel's 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, a canvas hanging wardrobe, a
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
eA- &c
which it is desirable to hang up.
For lighting It is usual to take sew.
eral windproof hurricane" lamps, a
mechanical oil lamp requiring no chim-
ney, collapsible candle lamp and per-
haps one or two reading lamps.
Two persons on a three months big
game hunting expedition would want
between fifty and sixty native hearers
to 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-
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
called the cooks box" in the makeup
OF which great ingenuity is displayed.
The box il 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 saucepan capable of boiling a
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 a good weapon, alb
solutely reliable. The greatest possible
care has therefore to be given to the
selection of ones guns, rifles, revolT-
ers and other weapons.
For birds and other small game the
hunter wants a good English eJector
IL bore double barreled shotgun; for
lions and deer the most servtceable
weapon is a BOB bore English single
barrel rife or a Mauser or Mannlicher
of similar BORE. e., carrying car
fridge about three inches long. For
really big game, SUCH as elephant, rnl-
noceros and hippopotamus, he must
have a first class double barreled, high
velocity cordite rife Of 10000 bore.
which carries a cartridge from four
and a half to five inches long. Besides
these a good English pattern revolver
and a first class hunting knife are
wanted for emergencies, such as quick
~ dispatching a 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." A "chop" is a box of gen.
eraI provisions weighing, complete, six.
ty pounds.
Among the contrivances not already
mentioned which make for comfort N
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