Kloof and Karroo: sport, legend, and natural history in Cape Colony, with a notice of the game birds, and of the present distribution of the antelopes and larger game. Hard cover, original green cloth boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, xiii + 435pp, with 17 illustrations. Front board loosening but intact, boards show general wear, internally clean, no foxing. A well written account on the interior of the Cape Colony in the 1880s.
Contents: 1. A Cape cart journey, 2. Across Camdeboo to Naroekas Poort, 3. Klipspringer shooting, 4. Life on a mountain farm, 5. The Zebra in Cape Colony, 6. A race with a Kaffir, 7. Vaal Rhebok shooting, 8. A sporting saunter, 9. Birds of prey in Cape Colony, 10. An unlucky day, 11. A secret of the Orange River, 12. The fall of the elephant, 13. Springbok shooting, 14. A Karroo farm, 15. A morning ambuscade on Witteberg, 16. The present distribution of the antelopes and larger game in the Colony, 17. The game birds of Cape Colony, 18. The Boer of to-day, 19. The rise and fall of Upingtonia, 20. The legend of Jan Prinsloo's kloof, 21. The true Unicorn, 22. The extinction of the true Quagga, 23. The future of the Cape Colony.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 145x220mm
- Sold By: Richmond Books and Prints
- Contact Person: John Donaldson
- Country: South Africa
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