First edition. xvi, 217 pages, frontispiece, 23 black and white plates, illustrations, map, light foxing, brown cloth titled gilt on the spine, insect scarring on the upper cover, a good copy.
Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 page 130: As the Great War erupted in 1914, Hodson was ordered to leave his regiment and travel as British Consul to Abyssinia. He arrived in Addis Ababa in 1915, after a journey through the rugged hinterland of the country. On one excursion to the forested region near Mount Marsabit, he hunted rhino and elephant. "I had a horrible sensation of utter helplessness, as I realized that even with a .600 express, it is impossible to stop an elephant at close quarters." Mountain nyala were also hunted in the Chilalo Mountains, though none were bagged - the author was using a new rifle which he had not sighted in!
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