A narrative of travel in little known Africa.
Introduction by Dr. G. M. Vevers with 46 illustrations.
First American edition. 288 pages, frontispiece , 31 plates, map, orange cloth titled in black on the upper cover and spine, uncut edges, a very good copy.
Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 287: Treatt tried his hand at hunting elephant with a spear along the upper reaches of the Nile, concluding that "there is more sportsmanship in attacking an elephant with a spear than in shooting it with a high-precision rifle..." (!) There is however one chapter on hunting elephant with a rifle, another on lion.
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