"Although the volume contains a description of a hunting trip through the Kalahari, the greater part of the work consists of a narrative of travels and adventures in the Transvaal. The author, an experienced sportsman, made arrangements with another keen hunter for a shooting expedition in 'Tropical Africa' with the intention of disembarking at Cape Town and taking a coaster to Walvisch Bay. This plan, however, did not prove feasible, and they decided to proceed up country via Natal."
In 1875 Gillmore rode via ox cart from Durban via Pietermaritzburg and Harrismith to Klerksdorp and then north to Zeerust across the Limpopo River into Matabele. He hunted zebra, giraffe, buffalo, eland, elephant, rhinoceros, lion, leopard and antelope. He crossed the Kalahari heading south to the diamond fields at Kimberly. He discusses the interaction with tribes and Boers he met. Mendelssohn p601.
He is also the author of On Duty, a ride through hostile Africa (1880) and The Hunter's Arcadia - Sport in South Africa (1886).
xviii + 466pp + 8 pages publisher advertisements. Original cloth boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. The front board is coming loose, rear loose end paper is torn, top and bottom of spine worn with a bit of loss, there is a 1cm tear on the title and following page. The text pages are intact and in very good condition.
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