SAFARI: THE LAST ADVENTURE. By Peter Hathaway Capstick.

(1984) recent reprint. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppxx,291. B/w photographs and illustrations, map. Black boards, silver titles to spine.

This is Peter Hathaway Capstick's authoritative and comprehensive guide to the modern African hunting safari. When and where to go, how to book, licences, agencies, guns, ammo and equipment. Liberally provided with yarns and experiences from Capstick's own hunting expeditions. Chapters include: The Great Adventure; Selecting a safari; Man in the middle; The price of paradise; Uniform of the day; Tools of the trade; A solid sugestion; People, politics and safari; Lingua franca; Great White Hunter; Everything bites; Lion; Cape buffalo; Elephant; Leopard; Rhino; Common game; Glamour game; Bird shooting and fishing; Photography and game viewing. Appendices cover: Safari agents, hunting companies and Professional Hunters; Suggested equipment for a twenty-one day safari.