Not one of the author's hunting titles, rather a detailed overview of Equatoria / the Lado Enclave in diverse fields. Includes a lengthy memoir of author by Sir Reginald Wingate. In 1910, following King Leopold's death, the Lado Enclave became a province of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with Stigand appointed Administrator. In 1912 the southern half of the Lado Enclave was ceded to Uganda, then a British protectorate. British authorities failed to effectively administer the area, leaving the enclave to become a 'bad-man's land'. Ivory hunters moved in and shot almost all of an estimated herd of 2000 elephants resident in the enclave between 1909 & 1912. Sources consider that the publicity from this hunt and the resulting public outrage led to the beginnings of the conservation movement. Deals topographically with the area, and further with tribal languages and customs. Final chapters deal with Emin Pasha and the future outlook for the area.
Original Constable edition.
Gilt title to spine on green cloth boards. 253pp illustrated frontis, plates, maps. 8vo.
No inscriptions but several ownership stamps (Dodds Hockley of Graaff Reinet), 4 square corners. Professionally restored and re-cased with new end-papers (not blindingly white), dibs to rear filled, excellent foldout maps in text, another in rear pocket with no marks or tears. Pages are not tanned of foxed, despite the efforts of my scanner to persuade me otherwise. A really excellent and attractive copy, very clean inside and out.
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- Binding Condition: VG+
- Overall Condition: VG+
- Size: 230mm x 255mm x 35mm. 0.7kg
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