What We Did in South Africa in 1873. Printed for private circulation.

Cr. 8vo, [A] - H8, I4, 136pp, original cloth, titled to front board in gilt, expertly rebacked, fore-edge of title-page slightly frayed, otherwise a very good copy, indistinct signature "L.Young, S. Ealing"? at head of title-page.

The privately published diary of a ten month hunting expedition mainly in the Transvaal and Natal. Most unusually the author was accompanied by his wife. He writes in the introduction "I am afraid that many of our friends and relations were rather shocked and alarmed at my wife undertaking such an expedition; some dreading the long sea voyages, others the wagon travelling, the proposed excursion on foot into the game district, the fever, the natives, the absence of a doctor, the distance from letters, and other rather imaginary terrors... but I can only say I wish the trip were in the future instead of the past". The couple met with various well-known people in their travels, including F. Oates, T. Baines, Dr. Bleek and Bishop Colenso and the author makes some observations very sympathetic to King Langalibalele on his developing confrontation with the Natal Government.

Circulation must have been very restricted for we can trace only three copies world-wide. COPAC locates one at the Natural History Museum and the World Catalogue adds two more, Smithsonian and Yale.