Object: Rhinoceros, Lions

In a blinding rainstorm, in a gale strong enough to rip a ton of masonry from the grey and gothic west front of famed York Minster, Edward of Wales last week boarded the S. S. Kenilworth Castle at Southampton Docks, bound for Africa to resume the big game hunt which was interrupted 13 months ago by the critical illness of George V. Announced objective: the shooting of a two-horned rhinoceros, two or three male lions (H. R. H.'s previous bag contained only lionesses).

There was no ceremony at the Prince's sailing. He went aboard as First Class Passenger Windsor and announced that he would eat with the other travelers. In his suite--a sleeping cabin, bath, living room--had been stowed his bags, and a brace of new guns. The rifles he used on his previous African trip were venerable relics, the property of his grandfather Edward VII.

No holiday is ever a complete holiday for a member of the House of Windsor. At the Colonial Office last week reporters learned that, when he lands at Cape Town, H. R. H. is expected to visit Durban, scene of recent Zulu riots, in an attempt to calm Zulus before going north to kill lions.

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