African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-game HuntersDenis D. Lyell |
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... have killed lions since in various parts of Africa , including a second visit to Somaliland , but since that first trip I have skinned every lion I have fired at , and have always refrained from firing at lions galloping away even at much.
... have killed lions since in various parts of Africa , including a second visit to Somaliland , but since that first trip I have skinned every lion I have fired at , and have always refrained from firing at lions galloping away even at much.
Page 169
... Somaliland being easily killed as it was much more open forest and I was able to get broadside shots behind the shoulder . I have since then only fired at one elephant with a • 400 cordite . Here I have my first ( very trifling ) point ...
... Somaliland being easily killed as it was much more open forest and I was able to get broadside shots behind the shoulder . I have since then only fired at one elephant with a • 400 cordite . Here I have my first ( very trifling ) point ...
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... Somaliland by spooring on foot through thick scrub and grass had used small bore magazines , the death roll would have been considerable . Even as it was , out of the comparatively small number of men who hunted in that country , some ...
... Somaliland by spooring on foot through thick scrub and grass had used small bore magazines , the death roll would have been considerable . Even as it was , out of the comparatively small number of men who hunted in that country , some ...
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Abel Chapman African elephant animals antelope Barns beast believe big game big-game blackpowder Brander-Dunbar buffalo bull bullet bush bushbuck C. H. STIGAND Capt cartridges charged cordite dangerous game East Africa Eland experience F. C. SELOUS feet fired Fort Jameson Giant Eland grass hartebeest head heard heart Heatherside herd hope horn hunter hunting inches Indian interesting letter ivory J. A. HUNTER keddah Kenya killed Koodoo leopard Loch Spynie luck magazine Mannlicher Martin Ryan mauled Mauser meat mentioned miles Millais Museum Nairobi natives natural history never Norman Smith North-Eastern Rhodesia Nyasaland photograph probably R. J. Cuninghame remarks rhino rifle round seen sent shooting shot shoulder sight Signed skin sleeping sickness small bore Somaliland species specimens spoor sport sportsmen Stigand Sudan Tarlton thick to-day trip trophies tusks weapon wild wonderful wounded writing wrote yards