(1889) 1993 facsimile rep. Asian Educational Services. New Delhi. Ppii,xx,464. Colour frontispiece, b/w plates & illustrations. Full gilt-decorated pictorial bonded leather. Fine.
Notes: Reminiscences of travel and shooting in northern India and the borders of Tibet in the nineteenth- century. Bears, wild sheep, Ammon rams, antelope, tigers, fishing for mahseer, tahr, musk deer, ibex, leopards, wolves, sand grouse, wild geese, elephants, and lots more besides. Many interesting observations of the peoples and tribes of the region. A fascinating read, packed with interest and incident.
