Description: A BRITISH BORDERLAND SERVICE AND SPORT IN EQUATORIA CAPT. H. A. WILSON LONDON: JOHN MURRAY 1913 First edition. An officer in the King's African Rifles, Wilson mixed military activities with sport. En route to an assignment on the Nile, he bagged his first elephant. Along British East Africa's Mara River, he collected roan antelope, eland, and lion and hunted buffalo from a machan. His best chapters recount his elephant hunting adventures near Nimule on the White Nile. As Wilson notes, "I personally find an elephant easier to kill than a snipe, but then I'm a vile shot with a scattergun." (Czech, Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books.) From 1902 until 1906 the author served in Kenya and Uganda as an officer in the King's African Rifles and a member of the Anglo-German Boundary Commission. Although there are chapters on early Nairobi, the missionary movement, and the 1905-06 punitive expedition against the Nandi, Wilson's recollections are heavily influenced by his experiences as an amateur big game hunter. (Ofcansky, British East Africa 1856-1963.) 22 x 15 cm. (8vo.), xxi + 347 pp + 16 plates + folding map. Good condition, a modern rebind in plain buckram. Some foxing throughout. Two plates missing. Margins of pages 281-288 torn with some loss (see photo). Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com.
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Author: H Wilson
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: John Murray
Region: Africa
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Weight: 760 g
Year Printed: 1913
