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A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS IN AFRICA. Nine Years amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa. By Frederick Courteney Selous. Illustrated. Fifth Edition. 7s. 6d. net.

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AFRICAN NATURE NOTES AND REMINISCENCES

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"UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THESE TERRIFIC BLOWS, VERY PROBABLY THE FIRST AIMED AT THE LEOPARD WHICH SEIZED THE CALF, HAD STRUCK THE LITTLE CREATURE ON THE LOINS AND BROKEN ITS BACK."—Page 220.

African Nature Notes and Reminiscences

BY FREDERICK COURTENEY SELOUS, F.Z.S. GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

WITH A "FOREWORD" BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. CALDWELL

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1908

TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS ENTIRELY OWING TO HIS INSPIRATION AND KINDLY ENCOURAGEMENT THAT IT WAS EVER WRITTEN BUT ALSO BECAUSE BOTH IN HIS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE HE HAS ALWAYS WON THE SINCERE ADMIRATION AND ESTEEM OF THE AUTHOR