gryphon
(.450 member)
04/10/10 02:58 PM
Re: early pictures from Africa

Rifle used by Sir Samuel Baker
Date: 1866 - 1894
Caption: This rifle is by Holland and Holland, about 1866 and belonged to Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893). It was found at Singo, Uganda in 1894 by Ashburton in the possession of Rehun Werni, a private in Emin Pasha's Sudanese forces. The rifle has been trodden on by an elephant and repaired.



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