[Gutenberg 54501] • Two Dianas in Somaliland: The Record of a Shooting Trip

[Gutenberg 54501] • Two Dianas in Somaliland: The Record of a Shooting Trip
Authors
Herbert, Agnes
Tags
hunting -- horn of africa , horn of africa -- description and travel
Date
2015-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
Size
2.62 MB
Lang
en
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This is an account of a very adventurous and successful shooting expedition undertaken in the desert and jungle by two ladies—true sportswomen—accompanied by only a native Somali escort. The book is never dull, and ends with a hint at a resulting romance.

CONTENTS

I. We Set Out For Somaliland

II. In Berbera

III. The Starting Of The Great Trek

IV. We Meet King Leo

V. More Lions

VI. Benighted In The Jungle

VII. Another Uncomfortable Night

VIII. A Battle Royal

IX. Death Of "the Baron"

X. We Meet "the Opposition"

XI. An Oasis In The Desert

XII. Our Butler Levants

XIII. We Cross The Marehan

XIV. We Reach A Real Lake

XV. Another Gap In Our Ranks

XVI. Cecily Shoots A Rhinoceros

XVII. Tree Climbing

XVIII. A Joust With A Bull Oryx

XIX. In The Golis

XX. The Last Phase

XXI. End Of The Great Shikar

This book originally published by J. Lane in 1908 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.