Chauncey Hugh Stigand (1877–1919) was a British army officer, colonial administrator and big game hunter. He was killed in action while attempting to suppress a rebellion of Aliab Dinka. Theodore Roosevelt wrote that "Captain Stigand is one of the most noted of recent African big game hunters and explorers, and he is also a field naturalist of unusual powers. ... Captain Stigand has written a book which ought to appeal to every believer in vigor and hardihood, to every lover of wilderness adventure, and to every man who values at their proper worth the observations of an excellent field naturalist."
I. Elephant Hunting II. Native Trackers III. About Rhino IV. More Elephant Hunting V. Amongst the Madi VI. About Buffalo VII. African Rivers and Swamps VIII. Contrasts and Changes in IX. About Lion X. Native Servants XI. Elephant Hunting in the Lugware Country XII. Elephant Hunting in the Lugware Country XIII. The Happy Bantu XIV. Curious Hunting Incidents XV. Two Short Treks and Two African Chiefs XVI. Odd Notes on Game and the Honey Guide XVII. Tusks of Elephant and their Measurements XVIII. Curious African Sayings and Ideas XIX. Camp Hints XX. Stalking the African XXI. Hunting the Bongo XXII. Odd Notes on African Insects XXIII. Mimicry and Protective Colouration in Insects
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Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings (1913)
Chauncey Hugh Stigand (1877–1919) was a British army officer, colonial administrator and big game hunter. He was killed in action while attempting to suppress a rebellion of Aliab Dinka. Theodore Roosevelt wrote that "Captain Stigand is one of the most noted of recent African big game hunters and explorers, and he is also a field naturalist of unusual powers. ... Captain Stigand has written a book which ought to appeal to every believer in vigor and hardihood, to every lover of wilderness adventure, and to every man who values at their proper worth the observations of an excellent field naturalist."
I. Elephant Hunting II. Native Trackers III. About Rhino IV. More Elephant Hunting V. Amongst the Madi VI. About Buffalo VII. African Rivers and Swamps VIII. Contrasts and Changes in IX. About Lion X. Native Servants XI. Elephant Hunting in the Lugware Country XII. Elephant Hunting in the Lugware Country XIII. The Happy Bantu XIV. Curious Hunting Incidents XV. Two Short Treks and Two African Chiefs XVI. Odd Notes on Game and the Honey Guide XVII. Tusks of Elephant and their Measurements XVIII. Curious African Sayings and Ideas XIX. Camp Hints XX. Stalking the African XXI. Hunting the Bongo XXII. Odd Notes on African Insects XXIII. Mimicry and Protective Colouration in Insects
This book published in 1913 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.