Shirts made of thin soft flannel, knickerbockers and Norfolk jackets of tough New Zealand flax, with gaiters of the same material.
"There is nothing like it," Mr.Goodenough said; "it is the only stuff which has a chance with the thorns of an African forest.

Now you will want a revolver, a Winchester repeating carbine, and a shotgun.

My outfit of boxes and cases is ready, so beyond two or three extra nets and collecting boxes there is nothing farther to do in that way.

For your head you'd better have a very soft felt hat with a wide brim; with a leaf or two inside they are as cool as anything, and are far lighter and more comfortable than the helmets which many people use in the tropics." "As far as shooting goes," Frank said, "I think that I shall do much better with my blowgun than with a regular one.

I can hit a small bird sitting nineteen times out of twenty." "That is a good thing," Mr.Goodenough answered.