Abel Chapman (1851–1929) was an English, Sunderland-born hunter-naturalist. He travelled the world as a young man, shooting big game and wild birds for pleasure. Trophies from his hunting trips adorned the walls of his home at Silksworth Hall in the late 19th century. Today his stuffed animals can be seen on display at Sunderland Museum, the National History Museum in London and the Great North Museum in NewcastleHe co-authored a hunting book with Selous, called The Big Game of Africa and Europe. This book covers a Safaris in East Africa in the early 1900s.
Contents
I. AFRICA — SOUTH AND EAST: INTRODUCTORY
II. THE EQUATORIAL TRENCH —HUNTING IN THE RIFT VALLEY
III. THE EQUATORIAL TRENCH ON THE ENDERIT RIVER AND LAKE NAKURU .
IV. A LION-DRIVE ON LAKE NAKURU
V. A TWELFTH ON THE EQUATOR — NAKURU TO BARINGO
VI. AFTER ELEPHANT AT BARINGO
VII. BEYOND BARINGO —AFTER ORYX AND ELAND
VIII. TWO RHINOS
IX. ORYX, ELAND, IMPALA, JACKSON's HARTEBEEST, DIKDIK, ETC
X. ON SAFARI — A SKETCH OF CAMP-LIFE IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
XI. KLMENTEITA — (l) IN SEPTEMBER .121
XII. IN FEBRUARY
XIII. ELEPHANTS
XIV. HUNTING ON LAKE SOLAI —CHANCE OR SKILL?
XV. WATERBUCK, WILD-DOGS, WART-HOG AND RHINOS (RETURN TO NAKURU)
XVI. THE MAU FOREST — AFTER BUFFALO AT KISHOBO
XVII. THE ATHI PLAINS —FLYING VISIT IN SEPTEMBER 1904
XVIII. A MONTH ON THE ATHI RIVER —IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1906
XIX ON THE ATHI (JANUARY— FEBRUARY 1906)
XX. HUNTING ON THE SIHDA RIVER
XXI. THE UNSEEN WORLD
XXII. BIG GAME AND ITS BIRD-PROTECTORS
XXIII. FASCICULA —RETROSPECTIVE, DANGER, SNAKES, THE SAFARI
XXIV. STRAY NOTES ON EAST-AFRICAN GAME
XXV. PROTECTION OF BIG GAME (SPECIALLY BRITISH EAST AFRICA)
This book published in 1908 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication of from the reformatting.
Contents
I. AFRICA — SOUTH AND EAST: INTRODUCTORY
II. THE EQUATORIAL TRENCH —HUNTING IN THE RIFT VALLEY
III. THE EQUATORIAL TRENCH ON THE ENDERIT RIVER AND LAKE NAKURU .
IV. A LION-DRIVE ON LAKE NAKURU
V. A TWELFTH ON THE EQUATOR — NAKURU TO BARINGO
VI. AFTER ELEPHANT AT BARINGO
VII. BEYOND BARINGO —AFTER ORYX AND ELAND
VIII. TWO RHINOS
IX. ORYX, ELAND, IMPALA, JACKSON's HARTEBEEST, DIKDIK, ETC
X. ON SAFARI — A SKETCH OF CAMP-LIFE IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
XI. KLMENTEITA — (l) IN SEPTEMBER .121
XII. IN FEBRUARY
XIII. ELEPHANTS
XIV. HUNTING ON LAKE SOLAI —CHANCE OR SKILL?
XV. WATERBUCK, WILD-DOGS, WART-HOG AND RHINOS (RETURN TO NAKURU)
XVI. THE MAU FOREST — AFTER BUFFALO AT KISHOBO
XVII. THE ATHI PLAINS —FLYING VISIT IN SEPTEMBER 1904
XVIII. A MONTH ON THE ATHI RIVER —IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1906
XIX ON THE ATHI (JANUARY— FEBRUARY 1906)
XX. HUNTING ON THE SIHDA RIVER
XXI. THE UNSEEN WORLD
XXII. BIG GAME AND ITS BIRD-PROTECTORS
XXIII. FASCICULA —RETROSPECTIVE, DANGER, SNAKES, THE SAFARI
XXIV. STRAY NOTES ON EAST-AFRICAN GAME
XXV. PROTECTION OF BIG GAME (SPECIALLY BRITISH EAST AFRICA)
This book published in 1908 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication of from the reformatting.
