Thirteen Years Among the Wild Beasts of India, Their Haunts and Habits From Personal Observation; With the Modes of Capturing and Taming; Tiger Hunts

387 pages. Published 1912. Light edge wear at the corner tips and head & foot of spine. Gilt titles with bull and hunter on light green cloth boards. Top page edges gilt. Scattered light foxing throughout. The author was the officer in charge of the government elephant catching establishment in Mysore. Twenty four illustrations from original drawings. Extraordinary adventure, the equal of any to be had in Africa. Capturing wild elephants, elephant shooting, tiger hunting, panthers, leopards, black bear, Indian bison etc. Native guns weighing 45 lbs., 1/2 half pound bullets, fired from a tripod in the general direction of a resting elephant. at very close range. The author using a rather small double rifle , four bore with a 4 oz. bullet, oh my!   Mailing anywhere, reply with postal code for a quote.