The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon
The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon
Sir Samuel White Baker
PREFACE
Upwards of twenty years have passed since the 'Rifle and Hound in Ceylon' was published, and I have been requested to write a preface for a new edition. Although this long interval of time has been spent in a more profitable manner than simple sport, nevertheless I have added considerably to my former experience of wild animals by nine years passed in African explorations. The great improvements that hav ...