Description: SPORT IN MANY LANDS EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA ETC., ETC. H.A.L. [Henry Astbury Leveson] 'THE OLD SHEKARRY' FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. No date, circa 1885. First published 1877 in 2 volumes. In Leveson's final work on his big game hunting exploits, he describes pig sticking on the Deccan Plateau, bear hunting in the Sheveroy Hills, and shooting tiger and panther near Hyderabad. Included are chapters on hunting elephant at Coimbatore in the Madras (Czech, Asian Big Game) A real potpourri of big game hunting experiences, Leveson describes his adventures hunting various antelope in the Limpopo and Zambezi districts of southern Africa, then transfers his attention to lion, rhinoceros, buffalo, and elephant hunting. The sporting reminiscences are a combination of his own and of others including Jules Gerard, Gordon Cumming, and William Cornwallis Harris. (Czech, African Big Game) He also hunted bouquetin in the Italian Alps, chamois in the Bavarian Alps, and bighorn sheep near the headwaters of the Snake River in the Rocky Mountains (Czech & Valdez, Hunting the Wild Sheep and Goats of the World) CONTENTS. DEER-STALKING AND DRIVING CHAMOIS AND IBEX-STALKING WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. HOG-HUNTING IN INDIA. BEAR-HUNTING TIGER, PANTHER, AND LEOPARD-HUNTING ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN INDIA. BISON AND BUFFALO-HUNTING. SOUVENIRS OF SPORT IN INDIA THE GAME OF THE HIMALAYA SPORT IN THE DOON SPORT IN THE HIMALAYA AND THIBET UNLOOKED-FOR RENCONTRES SHOOTING IN ASIA MINOR BEAR-HUNTING IN THE CAUCASUS. LIFE AMONGST THE BEDOUINS OF TOR THE GAME OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. A TREK-BOKKEN; OR, PERIODICAL MIGRATION CENTRAL AFRICA. THE LION AND ITS VARIETIES. THE AFRICAN RIVERS, AND THE ANIMALS FOUND IN THEIR VICINITY. REMINISCENCES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. REMINISCENCES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. (Continued) THE GAME OF ABYSSINIA. SPORT IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. BUFFALO-HUNTING. SPORT IN THE "FAR WEST." SPORT IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS THE DEER OF NORTH AMERICA 21 x 16 cm. xlvi (Memoir of Major Leveson) + 587 pp + 2 pp adverts. A good reading copy. Original cloth very worn and rubbed, with damp staining to the rear. A very well read copy with lots of handing marks to the pages. The book has been recased in the distant past, so the binding is much firmer than would be expected for a book that has so much use. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Author: H A Leveson
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: Warne
Special Attributes: Illustrated
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