W. N. MCMILLAN'S EXPEDITIONS AND BIG GAME HUNTING IN SUDAN, ABYSSINIA & BRITISH EAST AFRICA

With one hundred and twelve illustrations and one map

First edition xiv, 415 pages, frontispiece, numerous plates and text illustrations, folding map in pocket at the back has a slight tear in one of the folds and has been clumsily folded in the pocket, red cloth boards, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, corners slightly bumped starting to wear at the front hinge, a good copy.

There are 4 pages of passports with their translations into English on pages 280 - 281 and 379 – 380 which are not detailed in the list of illustrations.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 141 - 142: A scarce title due to its private printing, in this, Jessen, a Norwegian, recounts four hunting trips in Africa with the McMillans of St. Louis, Missouri. The first expedition along the Blue Nile in 1902 records only a few gazelle hunts. In 1904, a second trip carried the McMillan party along the Upper Baro River of Abyssinia with hunts for hippopotamus, elephant, and lion. In addition, more elephant were bagged near Lake Tata and the River Kaia. There was hunting for a variety of plains game including giraffe and zebra throughout this expedition. The third expedition along the Blue Nile offers adventures in Abyssinia but little in the way of sport. A fourth trip made in Autumn 1905 found the party in British East Africa in the foothills of Donyo Sabuk, C. W. L. Bulpett, who accompanied the Mcmillans, bagged rhinoceros, eland, and lion, while Mrs. McMillan collected her own lion.

Privately printed for the author by Marchant Singer & Co. for private distribution only