WILD LIFE IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Illustrated by photographs and drawings by the author

First edition. xvi, 284 pages + 4 of commercial advertisements, frontispiece and 45 plates, 1 text illustration, original dark green cloth with gilt title on the upper cover and spine and with a vignette of an elephant in black on upper cover, starting to wear at the front hinge,lightly water stained along the edge,titled gilt on the spine, the corners are slightly bumped, patterned end papers, a good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 page 173 -174: This work recounts a ten-year span that Lyell hunted in Northeastern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. While the text jumps to various locales in the region with little chronological order, there are innumerable recountings of hunting elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, leopard, sable, eland, and a host of other games. Hunting venues include the Zambesi, Luangwa, and Bua rivers, the Chiromo Marsh, and the Tuchila Plain. There is also an interesting chapter on fatal encounters between hunters and their game. As with most of Lyells works, there is a considerable mention of the exploits and experiences of other sportsmen.