Memories Of An African Hunter With A Chapter On Eastern India - Couverture rigide

Lyell, Denis D

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1297580478 ISBN 13 : 9781297580475

Editeur : Andesite Press, 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur

African bush, where I did little else than hunt game and study their habits and tracks. In 1906 my friend the late Major (then Captain) C. H. Stigand and myself brought out Central African Game and its Spoor, and then we both wrote further volumes on the game independently. I doubted whether I had enough material for another volume, but on looking up my diaries I found that there was quite a lot I had left unsaid. The first chapter deals with some of my experiences when tea-planting in Eastern I ndia, but I had so little opportunity there to get really good sport that I think it best here to mainly confine my attention to A frica, where I had a glorious time. Eastern India is so jungly that without the use of trained elephants it is impossible for a man to do much with the rifle. On the other hand, Central Africa is a country where anyone can get (or perhaps I should say could get) as much shooting as he wants if he is a good walker and able to rough it in a bad climate ;for it is not a health resort. Naturally a hunters life in tropical Africa is not roses all the way, although there are wonderful compensations for the hardships and fevers. As to the dangers of hunting elephants, buffaloes, and other game, I would infinitely prefer such risks to crossing Piccadilly Circus at the busiest hour of the day.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Andesite Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1297580478
• ISBN 13: 9781297580475
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne