London. The Research Publishing Co. Ltd., 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original black illustrated cloth; pages: viii, 159, with frontispiece of a snarling cheetah, and 8 other sketch illustrations, drawings by the author, and wood-engraved illustrations in text of suitable guns, ammunition. Internally very good with odd stain. Small piece torn from the title page but not affecting the text. Scarce.
A practical guide to "modern" shikar, with everything required for a successful outcome, and even with cooking techniques: "There is no nicer way of cooking birds than the old time-honoured method of baking them whole in their feathers, by covering them in clay, and having dug a hole in the ground, and thoroughly heated it, place the bird in as a loaf of bread into an oven." - The author recommends currying an antelope, having parboiled the meat in a "kaffir pot". Burton 117; cf. Elliott - Field Sports in India, London, 1973.
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