PROFIT & SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA Cranworth 1919. Kenya Big Game Hunting

Description: PROFIT AND SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA Being a second edition, revised and enlarged, of "A Colony in the Making". By LORD CRANWORTH MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED 1919 Although a second edition it is a much revised and enlarged edition of the 1912 “A COLONY IN THE MAKING. OR SPORT AND PROFIT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA”, with almost 150 more pages and new photos. A detailed description of British East Africa including the Masai and Kikuyu, the Indian population, Somali, production of sisal hemp, black wattle, maize, coffee, fishing, hunting, with a chapter on 'Hints for a Woman in British East Africa' by Lady Cranworth, military forces and the East African campaign in World War 1. Much factual information on the early days of European settlement in Kenya and Uganda. “While primarily a description of British East Africa, the author provides considerable information on big game, its location, methods of stalking, and the game reserves. He lists rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and zebra as pests and describes a curious creature called the gu-gu, an apelike creature with but one eye and a huge spike at the end of one arm. Indeed!” (Czech, Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting) 23 x 15 cm. xvi + 503 pp + colour frontis and b/w photo plates + 2 folding maps. Top edge gilt. Good + condition, corners of boards bumped, slightly affecting the page corners. Title on spine worn. Light foxing to the fore-edge of the pages, previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, otherwise clean and tidy. The inner hinges have been strengthened with tape, but binding still sound, all plates and maps present. Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.

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Location: Carlisle

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