IN THE GRIP OF THE JUNGLES. By George Hogan Knowles.

(1932) 2007 reprint. 8vo (142 x 224mm). Ppxx,320. B/w photographs. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt.

Author's account of his travels through India in search of sport. Mainly shooting but with a slightly disastrous mahseer fishing interlude. Tigers, deer, panthers and others, with many observations of local life and culture. Chapters include:- A moonlight ghost; Comedy and tragedy in the jungles; The ex-convict; In a dead city - a strange panther hunt; The great "Ganga!"; A fierce jungle battle; An ill-fated glen; A clever jungle dacoit; A rogue elephant; In the Himalayan jungles - nature's dramatic stage; Under canvas with a raja - netting deer and a camp disaster; On the way to Buxar - and a terrible tiger story; The trail of a rogue elephant; A tiger and an earthquake; Saved from a rogue elephant; A tragic stake - the champions of Islam; Secrets of the jungle - behind the stage; An ill-fated kill; The winged monarch of the Himalayas; An angling adventure - and a swim for life; Two masters of strategy - a battle of wits; A whistle averts a tragedy; On the tracks of a man-eating tiger; The lame ghost bull. Books published in India are generally not as strongly bound as those published in the West. This book, and other Indian books in this list, although new and unused may be rather bumped. This is to be expected and these books are not returnable for any reason related to condition.