THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS

THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; BEING THE NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION FROM THE CAPE OF GOODD HOPE, THROUGH THE TERRITORIES OF THE CHIEF MOSELEKATSE TO THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS. FIRST EDITION MDCCCXXXIX (1839), HARDCOVER, 387 PAGES, CONTAINS ORIGINAL MAPS, PREVIOUS OWNER'S PERSONAL LIBRARY REFERENCE NUMBER ON INSIDE ON FEP, IN GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING AGE AS SHOWN IN PICTURE.

A classic of big game hunting and exploration in southern Africa 1836-8. The author described his book as 'a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope through the territories of Chief Moselekartse to the Tropic of Capricorn'. But Harris was not just a hunter: he was a careful observer of the social and political situation in which he found himself- of special interest because his visit coincided with the Great Trek, and he made detailed observations about the conditions of the Trekkers, and of their initial conflicts with the indigenous people.