{"product_id":"2940013580466","title":"The Giraffe Hunters","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARRIVAL AT THE PROMISED LAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn that land of which we have so many records of early and high\u003cbr\u003ecivilisation, and also such strong evidences of present barbarism,--the\u003cbr\u003eland of which we know so much and so little,--the land where Nature\u003cbr\u003eexhibits some of her most wonderful creations and greatest contrasts,\u003cbr\u003eand where she is also prolific in the great forms of animal and\u003cbr\u003evegetable life,--there, my young reader, let us wander once more.  Let\u003cbr\u003eus return to Africa, and encounter new scenes in company with old\u003cbr\u003efriends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the banks of the Limpopo brightly blazes a hunter's fire, around\u003cbr\u003ewhich the reader may behold three distinct circles of animated beings.\u003cbr\u003eThe largest is composed of horses, the second of dogs, and the lesser or\u003cbr\u003einner one, of young men, whom many of my readers will recognise as old\u003cbr\u003eacquaintances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have but to mention the names of Hans and Hendrik Von Bloom, Groot\u003cbr\u003eWillem and Arend Van Wyk, to make known that _The Young Yagers_ are\u003cbr\u003eagain on a hunting expedition.  In the one in which we now encounter\u003cbr\u003ethem, not all the parties are inspired by the same hopes and desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quiet and learned Hans Von Bloom, like many colonial youths, is\u003cbr\u003eaffected with the desire of visiting the home of his forefathers.  He\u003cbr\u003ewishes to go to Europe for the purpose of making some practical use of\u003cbr\u003ethe knowledge acquired, and the floral collections made, while a\u003cbr\u003e_Bush-Boy_ and a _Young Yager_.  But before doing so, he wishes to\u003cbr\u003eenlarge his knowledge of natural history by making one more expedition\u003cbr\u003eto a part of Southern Africa he has not yet visited.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166085333232,"sku":"2940013580466","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013580466_p0.jpg?v=1763583001","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013580466","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}