BROWN, J. MORAY Shikar Sketches with Notes on Indian Field-Sports. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1887. First edition. Publisher's red cloth gilt. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; [xvi], 336 pp.; frontispiece and plates with tissue guards, half-title. Spine faded, extremities rubbed, a few stray marks to boards, binding cracked but holding, lightly toned throughout. "Brown, an officer in the 79th Cameron Highlanders, enjoyed considerable sport while stationed in India, and this is by far his best book. He recounts pig sticking adventures near Nagpore, elephant and tiger shooting in the Dehra Doon, stalking sambur and blackbuck in the Sewalik Hills, and bear hunting in the Berar. There are additional chapters highlighting a variety of tiger hunts in various parts of the country. He concludes with an ensemble of entertaining Indian sporting songs" (Czech). Czech, Asia, p. 32. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
BROWN, J. MORAY Shikar Sketches with Notes on Indian Field-Sports. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1887. First edition. Publisher's red cloth gilt. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; [xvi], 336 pp.; frontispiece and plates with tissue guards, half-title. Spine faded, extremities rubbed, a few stray marks to boards, binding cracked but holding, lightly toned throughout. "Brown, an officer in the 79th Cameron Highlanders, enjoyed considerable sport while stationed in India, and this is by far his best book. He recounts pig sticking adventures near Nagpore, elephant and tiger shooting in the Dehra Doon, stalking sambur and blackbuck in the Sewalik Hills, and bear hunting in the Berar. There are additional chapters highlighting a variety of tiger hunts in various parts of the country. He concludes with an ensemble of entertaining Indian sporting songs" (Czech). Czech, Asia, p. 32. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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