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Alonzo Barton Hepburn

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Description:This is a book for the sportsman and the big game hunter, and it tells in very readable style the story of how noted American banker A. Barton Hepburn went to British East Africa in 1913, trekked out beyond Nairobi and killed his license limit of buffalo and eland, hippo and lion, and other African beasts. Hepburn and his hunting partner were accompanied by world famous big game hunters R. J. Cunninghame and Major J. A. C. Kirkwood. The book is interspersed with remarks on the habits of the animals encountered, with anecdotes, incidents, such as finding the hyena's howl "plaintive rather than musical." Shooting on the plains from 300 to 500 yards, Hepburn declares there is no danger of Africa being shot out. A crocodile was among the varied contents of Hepburn's bag, and after skinning it they found in its belly a water buck. The shooting of his lions was well spiced with danger. Contents I. The Call Of The Wild II. The Start III. The Panorama IV. The Country V. Industries And Natives VI. The Trek VII. A Change Of Base VIII. Another Change—Lions IX. Another Trek—Hippo—Ants X. Reminiscences—Ticks—Birds XI. Rounding-up XII. Expense This book originally published by Harper & brothers in 1913 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Story of an Outing. To get started finding The Story of an Outing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is a book for the sportsman and the big game hunter, and it tells in very readable style the story of how noted American banker A. Barton Hepburn went to British East Africa in 1913, trekked out beyond Nairobi and killed his license limit of buffalo and eland, hippo and lion, and other African beasts. Hepburn and his hunting partner were accompanied by world famous big game hunters R. J. Cunninghame and Major J. A. C. Kirkwood. The book is interspersed with remarks on the habits of the animals encountered, with anecdotes, incidents, such as finding the hyena's howl "plaintive rather than musical." Shooting on the plains from 300 to 500 yards, Hepburn declares there is no danger of Africa being shot out. A crocodile was among the varied contents of Hepburn's bag, and after skinning it they found in its belly a water buck. The shooting of his lions was well spiced with danger. Contents I. The Call Of The Wild II. The Start III. The Panorama IV. The Country V. Industries And Natives VI. The Trek VII. A Change Of Base VIII. Another Change—Lions IX. Another Trek—Hippo—Ants X. Reminiscences—Ticks—Birds XI. Rounding-up XII. Expense This book originally published by Harper & brothers in 1913 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Story of an Outing. To get started finding The Story of an Outing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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