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The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell
Karamojo Bell hunted elephant across unmapped Africa with a light rifle and an uncanny knowledge of where to place a single shot. His memoir mixes hard bushcraft, ivory trading, and encounters with peoples rarely seen by outsiders. Spare, vivid, and unsentimental about a vanished frontier. Follow one of Africa's most famous hunters into the unknown interior.
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21 chapters
- 1THE WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER
- 2I HUNTING THE BIG BULL ELEPHANT
- 3II THE BRAIN SHOT AT ELEPHANT
- 4III THE BODY SHOT AT ELEPHANT
- 5IV AFRICAN “MEDICINE” OR WITCHCRAFT AND ITS BEARING ON SPORT
- 6V KARAMOJO
- 7I.—Into the Unknown
- 8II.—Ivory and the Raiders
- 9III.—The Coming of Pyjalé
- 10VI DABOSSA
- 11VII THROUGH THE SUDD OF THE GELO RIVER
- 12VIII THE LADO ENCLAVE
- 13IX HUNTING IN LIBERIA
- 14X BUBA GIDA, THE LAST AFRICAN POTENTATE
- 15XI BUBA GIDA AND THE LAKKAS
- 16XII THE ASCENT OF THE BAHR AOUCK
- 17XIII BUFFALO
- 18XIV AFRICAN LIONS
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