The Savage Sudan

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1921. 1st Edition* 8vo, xx + 452pp. Hard Cover, No Dustjacket. Original green cloth with decorative gilt warthog to front and water buffalo to rear in good condition with a little shelf wear and rubbing to top and bottom of spine and edges of boards, small stain to bottom of front board. Inside front board has library bookplate but binding is claen and sound. Minimal foxing to free end papers and title page, all other pages with top edge gilt and photographic plates in excellent, clean condition. Some light browning, cloth with some light wear. Faded nos to bottom of the spine.

Although author describes himself as a 'hunter-naturalist' there is actually scant evidence of the former here, rather he displays a real passion for wild-life. On the other hand he is an imperialist of the old school in his attitude to the local 'wild tribes'.

Chapman recounts his journey to Khartoum, then up the White Nile into Uganda. He hunted gazelle in the arid regions of the Sudan, then stalked tiang, hartebeest, and roan near the Sobat River. As he continued up the White Nile, he bagged waterbuck, cob, and lechwe. There are exciting encounters with buffalo, hippopotamus, and elephant, the latter near the Zeraf River. Additional hunting for rhinoceros and eland took place near the Blue Nile and Dinder Rivers.