Sport on the Pamirs and Turkistan Steppes

1 volume.

Publishers red cloth cover with gilt "Ram" vignette.

x, 278 pages, [2], 32 page publishers catalogue. 

Frontispiece with tissue-guard.

Large fold-out map at rear.

Scarce first edition copy.

Taken directly from Major Cumberland's journals. 

"In the year 1889 I carried out a long-projected expedition from

India via Kashmir, Chinese Turkistan, the Pamirs, and Asia Minor,

and shortly after my return published a rather full journal in 'Land and Water'.

At that time very little was known of these regions, and still less interest taken

in them. Since then, however, the Russian claims and expeditions to our frontiers

beyond Gilghit have brought these parts into notice, and other writers have

awakened interest in them. As I have covered a greater extent of country than

that described by some more recent travellers, and, having frequently left the

main caravan routes, have crossed passes and hunted over mountains which

do not come in the way of an ordinary journey, I hope [that] my offering these

pages somewhat late in the day will be excused. The mapping was done by my

companion, Captain Bower of the Indian Intelligence Department, who has since

distinguished himself further in that line. The area covered is bounded by Kashmir,

North Eastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Xinjiang. Or, in Cumberland's terms,

Afghan Turkistan, Russian Turkistan and Chinese Turkistan. Quite a bit of big game

hunting, with lots of observations on the peoples and places and the political situation."

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