Savage Sudan: Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Chapman, Abel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332193102 ISBN 13: 9781332193103

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Savage Sudan: Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life Anglo-Egyptian Sudan has been under British administration upwards of twenty years; yet during that period there has lacked any attempt to describe our great Dependency (in popular sense) from the standpoint of the Hunter-Naturalist. Sir Samuel Baker's classic works of sixty years ago remain our only guides - and Baker professed no technical knowledge as a naturalist. My own ambition in essaying to fill the gap may be over-exalted; but that is no fatal fault. The work has suffered various drawbacks. First the interruption of War severely curtailed my original programme of exploration: then several of those with whom I was associated in the Sudan and upon whose assistance I was relying, have since made the Supreme Sacrifice for their country: while my two colleagues of 1913-14 - Captain H. Lynes, C.B., C.M.G., and Mr Willoughby Lowe, field-naturalists of the first flight are presently engaged on a joint expedition in Darfur. Hence I have lost their aid in passing this book through the Press. On the other hand most gratefully do I acknowledge the generous help of Mr A. L.Butler, whose long residence in the Sudan and unrivalled acquaintance with its Fauna, great and small alike, place him in a unique position. That long experience he has most liberally and ungrudgingly placed at my disposal, to the great advantage of this work. Sir Frederick Jackson, K.C.M.G., lately Governor of Uganda, has also most kindly revised several chapters while yet in manuscript. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be r

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332193102
• ISBN 13: 9781332193103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 534