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The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the tropic of Capricorn

William Cornwallis Harris

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Description:Major Sir William Cornwallis Harris ( 1807 –1848) was an English military engineer, artist and hunter, one of the more notable of the early Victorian hunters to visit Southern Africa .The period between 1835 and 1860 may be said to have been the heyday of great game sportsmen in South Africa. The early English hunters, pushing their way into the Bechuana and Transvaal country, towards 1840, found before them a veldt virgin to the rifle, and absolutely teeming with wild animal life. They had a glorious innings, and their exploits have never been surpassed. Captain, afterwards Sir William, Cornwallis Harris, passing through what is now the Transvaal, in 1836-7, found troops of hundreds of elephants among the Cashan Mountains—a range now much better known as the Magaliesberg, in the near neighbourhood of Pretoria—and enjoyed fine sport with them. Cornwallis Harris may be looked upon as the forerunner of British sportsmen in the countries beyond the Val and Orange. He wrote a celebrated book, which attracted much notice, and Oswell, Vardon, Gordon Cumming, and others undoubtedly fell beneath the glamour of his glowing descriptions, and followed keenly in his footsteps. When Cornwallis Harris trekked south, he encountered, in the country now familiar as the Orange River Colony, then a wilderness tenanted only by vast multitudes of wild game. Contents CHAPTER I. Voyage from India to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to Algoa Bay CHAPTER II. Journey from Port Elizabeth to Graham's Town CHAPTER III. Journey from Graham's Town to Graaff Reinet CHAPTER IV. Graaff Reinet—and final preparations for our Journey into the Interior CHAPTER V. From Graaff Reinet, by the Snowy Mountains, to the Borders of the Colony CHAPTER VI. From the Boundary of the Colony, across the Great Orange River, to Kuruman CHAPTER VII. From Kuruman to Little Chooi CHAPTER VIII. From Little Chooi to the Meritsane River CHAPTER IX. Hunting at Meritsane CHAPTER X. From Meritsane to Mimori, and Hunting on the Molopo CHAPTER XI. Arrival at Mosega, the Capital of the Chief Moselekatse CHAPTER XII. History of Chaka, surnamed "the Bloody" CHAPTER XIII. History of Chaka, concluded CHAPTER XIV. From Mosega to the Kurrichane Mountains CHAPTER XV. Arrival at Kapain, and visit from the Chief Moselekatse CHAPTER XVI. Residence at Kapain CHAPTER XVII. Residence at Kapain, continued CHAPTER XVIII. Departure from Kapain, and arrival at the Mariqua River CHAPTER XIX. From the Mariqua River to Tolaan, the residence of the heir apparent CHAPTER XX. The Matabili described—Arrival at the River Simalakate CHAPTER XXI. Meeting with Kalipi's Commando, and arrival at the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXII. Rhinoceros and Wild Buffalo Hunting along the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXIII. Elephant Hunting in the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXIV. Elephant Hunting, continued—and Lion shooting from the waggons CHAPTER XXV. Hippopotamus Shooting—and Hunting in the Valley of the Limpopo CHAPTER XXVI. Excursion to the eastward of the Limpopo—and Journey to the northward across the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXVII. Hunting the Camclopard, or Giraffe CHAPTER XXVIII. Return to the southward from the Tropic of Capricorn CHAPTER XXIX. Interview with Um'Nombate, and Journey through the Cashan Mountains to the south-eastward CHAPTER XXX.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the tropic of Capricorn. To get started finding The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the tropic of Capricorn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Major Sir William Cornwallis Harris ( 1807 –1848) was an English military engineer, artist and hunter, one of the more notable of the early Victorian hunters to visit Southern Africa .The period between 1835 and 1860 may be said to have been the heyday of great game sportsmen in South Africa. The early English hunters, pushing their way into the Bechuana and Transvaal country, towards 1840, found before them a veldt virgin to the rifle, and absolutely teeming with wild animal life. They had a glorious innings, and their exploits have never been surpassed. Captain, afterwards Sir William, Cornwallis Harris, passing through what is now the Transvaal, in 1836-7, found troops of hundreds of elephants among the Cashan Mountains—a range now much better known as the Magaliesberg, in the near neighbourhood of Pretoria—and enjoyed fine sport with them. Cornwallis Harris may be looked upon as the forerunner of British sportsmen in the countries beyond the Val and Orange. He wrote a celebrated book, which attracted much notice, and Oswell, Vardon, Gordon Cumming, and others undoubtedly fell beneath the glamour of his glowing descriptions, and followed keenly in his footsteps. When Cornwallis Harris trekked south, he encountered, in the country now familiar as the Orange River Colony, then a wilderness tenanted only by vast multitudes of wild game. Contents CHAPTER I. Voyage from India to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to Algoa Bay CHAPTER II. Journey from Port Elizabeth to Graham's Town CHAPTER III. Journey from Graham's Town to Graaff Reinet CHAPTER IV. Graaff Reinet—and final preparations for our Journey into the Interior CHAPTER V. From Graaff Reinet, by the Snowy Mountains, to the Borders of the Colony CHAPTER VI. From the Boundary of the Colony, across the Great Orange River, to Kuruman CHAPTER VII. From Kuruman to Little Chooi CHAPTER VIII. From Little Chooi to the Meritsane River CHAPTER IX. Hunting at Meritsane CHAPTER X. From Meritsane to Mimori, and Hunting on the Molopo CHAPTER XI. Arrival at Mosega, the Capital of the Chief Moselekatse CHAPTER XII. History of Chaka, surnamed "the Bloody" CHAPTER XIII. History of Chaka, concluded CHAPTER XIV. From Mosega to the Kurrichane Mountains CHAPTER XV. Arrival at Kapain, and visit from the Chief Moselekatse CHAPTER XVI. Residence at Kapain CHAPTER XVII. Residence at Kapain, continued CHAPTER XVIII. Departure from Kapain, and arrival at the Mariqua River CHAPTER XIX. From the Mariqua River to Tolaan, the residence of the heir apparent CHAPTER XX. The Matabili described—Arrival at the River Simalakate CHAPTER XXI. Meeting with Kalipi's Commando, and arrival at the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXII. Rhinoceros and Wild Buffalo Hunting along the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXIII. Elephant Hunting in the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXIV. Elephant Hunting, continued—and Lion shooting from the waggons CHAPTER XXV. Hippopotamus Shooting—and Hunting in the Valley of the Limpopo CHAPTER XXVI. Excursion to the eastward of the Limpopo—and Journey to the northward across the Cashan Mountains CHAPTER XXVII. Hunting the Camclopard, or Giraffe CHAPTER XXVIII. Return to the southward from the Tropic of Capricorn CHAPTER XXIX. Interview with Um'Nombate, and Journey through the Cashan Mountains to the south-eastward CHAPTER XXX.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the tropic of Capricorn. To get started finding The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the tropic of Capricorn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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