"A Planter" (attributed to Richard Wade Jenkins).

SPORT IN CEYLON

EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY OF FOUR TRIPS TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCES; COMPRISING PERSONAL ADVENTURES WITH ELEPHANT, BEARS AND BUFFALOES ...

Published: Joseph Fonseka & Sons, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1888

Edition: First edition

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A tea planter, the author made four big game hunting trips into the North-Central province of Ceylon with hunts around tanks such as Minnery and Kantalawa. He relates adventures hunting elephant, bear, and buffalo in the region with note of deer species and small game as well. A rare work. Illustrated with 8 plates. 119 pages, a few with tape repairs to inner edge. This copy bound in black cloth (not recent) with a paper spine label. A rare work.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Fair to Good
  • Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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