WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA BY CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS

"WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA" BY CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS. HARDCOVER, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, FULLY INTACT DUST JACKET, 359 PAGES, INSCRIPTION FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, TAPE REPAIR ON INSIDE SPINE.

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.