SOMALILAND; Being an Account of Two Expeditions into the Far interior together with a Complete list of every Animal and Bird known to inhabit that Country, and a list of the Reptiles Collected by the Author.
F.E. Robinson & Co. 1900 London, 1st edn, 345pp, photos, drawings. Very Good Minus. (Red cloth, best variant.). Item #002139
An account of two expeditions into the far interior of what is now Ethiopia and Somalia. Also a complete list of every animal known to inhabit these countries. Hunting for lion, oryx, leopard, gazelle, rhino, and elephant. Much on the lion which were particularly numerous at that time in Somaliland as well as having an aggressive reputation. In fact the frontis illustration shows the author in a tight spot with a charging lion. With illustrations by Edmund Caldwell.
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