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ADVENTURES IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA BY J.LEYLAND
1ST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, NO. 473 OF 1000 COPIES PRINTED. A FASCIMILE REPRINT OF THE 1866 EDITION. CONDITION: VERY GOOD. DUST JACKET: GOOD, BUT WITH SOME SCUFFING.
INCLUDING A JOURNEY TO LAKE NGAMI AND RAMBLES IN HONDURAS. A SHORT TREATISE ON THE BEST MODE OF SKINNING AND PRESERVING BIRDS, ANIMALS; ALSO RECIPE'S FOR MAKING PRESERVATIVES.
THE AUTHOR ARRIVED IN ALGOA BAY IN SEPTEMBER, 1848, AND TWO MONTHS LATER PROCEEDED TO "GRAHAM'S TOWN" WHERE HE REMAINED FOR TEN MONTHS SHOOTING, COLLECTING AND PRESERVING BIRDS. HE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH MR.S EDWARDS, SON OF THE WELL KNOWN MISSIONARY OF THAT TIME AND AGREED TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO LAKE NGAMI. EN ROUTE THEY VISITED DR LIVINGSTONE, THEN STATIONED AT KOBELENG, AND SAW THE UNSETTLED STATE OF THE COUNTRY, THE RESULTS OF THE DISPUTES OF THE BOERS WITH SECHELI, AND OF THE KAFFOR WAR OF 1850.