THIRTEEN YEARS AMONG THE WILD BEASTS OF INDIA: THEIR HAUNTS AND HABITS FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MODES OF CAPTURING AND TAMING ELEPHANTS. By G.P. Sanderson.

(1878) 2000 facsimile reprint of 1882 3rd edition. 4to (182 x 250mm). Ppii,xviii,387. B/w illustrations, map. Full gilt-decorated pictorial maroon bonded leather.

Arriving in Madras in 1864, the author planned a life as a coffee planter. Instead he joined the civil administration of the Mysore Government which gave full rein to his passion for shooting. The author pioneered (amongst Europeans) the catching of elephants in Mysore and Bengal and devotes a large amount of space to all aspects of elephant capture, care and management, feeding, natural history and hunting. Includes much on the Indian Bison (gaur), tigers, leopards, panthers, cheetahs and black bears. Includes a chapter on jackal hunting with fox hounds, fox and hare coursing and hunting bears and other animals with various dogs and hounds. A facsimile reprint of the third edition of 1882 by W.H. Allen and Co., London.