{"product_id":"2940013105317","title":"Hunting The Elephant and Other Game In Africa - with Recollections From Years of Safari","description":"- Quality Digital Text\u003cbr\u003e- Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt\u003cbr\u003e- Hyper-linked Table of Contents and Photos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Roosevelt's Introduction:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Captain Stigand is one of the most noted of recent African big game hunters and explorers, and he is also a field naturalist of unusual powers. His studies of the tracks of animals have been almost unique. He has the keenest appreciation of the vivid and extraordinary beauty of the teeming African wild life, and has made close first-hand observations of the life histories of very many species of big game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has, as I can myself testify, the reputation among all first-class African hunters of being himself one of the foremost. He is equally fond of venturing into unknown regions and of the chase of dangerous game, and is an adept in the especially difficult art of wood and bush tracking and stalking. Three times he has been nearly killed by his quarry: once by a rhinoceros, once by a lion, and once by an elephant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn short, Captain Stigand has written a book which ought to appeal to every believer in vigor and hardihood, to every lover of wilderness adventure, and to every man who values at their proper worth the observations of an excellent field naturalist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--- THEODORE ROOSEVELT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook excerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My Dorobo hunter and I crept to the edge of the nullah and saw two lions lying near the base of a tree, at the bottom of the nullah on the opposite side. There was a thick tree growing close to the foot of our slope, and we climbed down the side sheltered by this. Then we crept along the bottom of the nullah, sheltered by the palms growing beside the watercourse, till we reached a point opposite the tree and about fifty yards from it. There was nothing to be seen, and I was just crawling along a little farther, on hands and knees, when a lioness suddenly came out from behind a clump of palms and lay down facing me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI did not dare move because there were only a few little clumps of grass, which did not cover me, and the least movement would betray me. I waited perfectly still, on all fours, for some time, when she suddenly got up and disappeared behind the palms. I then very slowly and carefully sat down and got into firing position. I waited an interminable time...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally she came out again...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI took careful aim and pulled the trigger... There was a short pause, and then two more lions... I had a shot at the nearest, and then... four more rushed out... I fired again at another, and she rushed for a pool on my left...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--- Captain C. H. Stigand (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Elephant Hunting \u003cbr\u003eII. Native Trackers\u003cbr\u003eIII. About Rhino\u003cbr\u003eIV. More Elephant Hunting\u003cbr\u003eV. Amongst The Madi\u003cbr\u003eVI. About Buffalo\u003cbr\u003eVII. African Rivers And Swamps\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Contrasts And Changes\u003cbr\u003eIX. About Lion\u003cbr\u003eX. Native Servants\u003cbr\u003eXI. Elephant Hunting In The Lugware Country\u003cbr\u003eXII. Elephant Hunting In The Lugware Country\u003cbr\u003eXIII. The Happy Bantu\u003cbr\u003eXIV. Curious Hunting Incidents\u003cbr\u003eXV. Two Short Treks And Two African Chiefs\u003cbr\u003eXVI. Odd Notes On Game And The Honey Guide\u003cbr\u003eXVII. Tusks Of Elephant And Their Measurements \u003cbr\u003eXVIII. Curious African Sayings And Ideas\u003cbr\u003eXIX. Camp Hints\u003cbr\u003eXX. Stalking The African\u003cbr\u003eXXI. Hunting The Bongo\u003cbr\u003eXXII. Odd Notes On African Insects\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. Mimicry And Protective Coloration In Insects","brand":"Heart and Mind Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147502108912,"sku":"2940013105317","price":9.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013105317_p0.jpg?v=1763576849","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013105317","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}