London. Macmillan & co. 1910. Reprinted August 1910 ( First published 1907 ). Good but slight marked blue cloth gilt with roaring Lion's head on the front board. Covers slightly shaken. Internally very good with numerous black and white ills. Inscription on the front endpaper.
A classic of lion hunting in British East Africa. Patterson was appointed by the Foreign Office to supervise the construction of the Uganda Railway, connecting that colony and the Kenyan interior with the coast at Mombasa. The project was held up for some time by lions attacking and killing numerous employees of the company. This book largely consists of the author's account of dealing with the lions. The narrative includes much of interest on the construction of the railway itself, and numerous interesting observations of the country and its peoples.
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