Big Game Shooting, in Two Volumes (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Books 20 & 21)

Big Game Shooting, in Two Volumes (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Books 20 & 21)

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xvi, 453; x, 443 pp. Two volume set. VOLUME I CONTENTS: On Big Game Shooting Generally; South Africa Fifty Years Ago; Second Expedition to South Africa; Later Visits to South Africa; With Livingstone in South Africa; East Africa--Battery, Dress, Camp Gear, and Stories; Game Districts and Routes; The Caravan, Headman, Gun-bearers, etc.; Hints on East African Stalking, Driving, etc.; The Elephant; The African Buffalo; The Lion; The Rhinoceros; The Hippopotamus; Ostriches and Giraffes; Antelopes; The Lion in South Africa; Big Game of North America; Musk Ox; Index. VOLUME II CONTENTS: Arctic Hunting; The Caucasus; Mountain Game of the Caucasus; Caucasian Aurochs; Ovis Argali of Mongolia; The Chamois; The Stag of the Alps; The Scandinavian Elk; European Big Game; The Large Game of Spain and Portugal; Indian Shooting; The Ovis Poli of the Pamir; Camps, Transport, etc.; A Few Notes on Rifles and Ammunition; Hints on Taxidermy, etc.; A Short Bibliography; Index.