East Africa and Its Big Game: The Narrative of a Sporting Trip From Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai
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East Africa and its Big Game is a sportsman's reliving of his adventures hunting in Africa, including stories of hairbreadth escapes and the challenges of an up-country journey. He gives vivid descriptions of some of the different tribes inhabiting this portion of Africa.
The author was accompanied by Sir Robert Harvey, his brother C. B. Harvey, and H. C. V. Hunter; and these men engaged the tried leader, Martin, a Maltese, who was so successful in the conduct of Joseph Thomson's explorations.
Captain Willoughby arrived at Zanzibar on November 28, 1886, and left Mombasa for England on May 1, 1887. He penetrated as far as Kilima-njaro
His six months in Africa resulted in conquests totaling about 350 head. These included 66 rhinoceros, 40 Granti, 39 hartebeest, 39 Mpallah, 21 buffalo, and numbers of elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, hippopotami.
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Brief Chapter outlines:
1. — The origin and object of the Expedition — Preliminary arrangements — Departure for Zanzibar — Lamu — Arrival at Zanzibar.
2 — Zanzibar — Route selected — Grave Island — Reception by the Sultan.
3 — The German Society — Mbweni and the Mission station.
4 — Departure from Zanzibar — Arrival at Mombasa — Freretown Mission Station — Final arrangements for the Interior.
5 — Voyage in the dhow — The first camp — Rabai — The complete caravan.
6 — The Wa-nyika — A lioness — Sable antelope — The Doruma — Taro — A dry camp — A forced march in search of water — Maūngu — The Ndara range — The Wa-teita.
7 — Jovia — Native purchases — Mbugoli and his warriors — Kilima-njaro sighted — Arrival at Lanjora — Abundance of game — Taveta forest.
8 — Taveta camp — The effect of shooting a giraffe during the march — Taveta forest — The Wa-taveta — House-building, drinking, and dancing — A death —Game-pits.
9 — Sport at Lanjora — Return to Taveta — Departure for Mandara's country — H.'s first buffalo — Arrival at Moči.
10. — Our reception by Mandara — His habits and diplomacy — His allies and warriors.
11 — Wa-moči — Customs and superstitions — Physical features of the country — The lion-trap.
12. — My first rhinoceros — Eland — A trip to Lake Jipé — Mpallah and water-buck — A good haul of fish — Return to Taveta.
13 — Game abundant— The Useri and their chief — A tough rhino — A native scrimmage and feast-dance — Effective charge of a rhino calf.
14 — A river encampment — A good day's sport, and a narrow shave — A donkey in trouble — Return to Simba camp — Lake Čala — Characteristics of the rhinoceros.
15 — Taveta — Attack on a Swahili caravan — The loss of a wife — Arrival of the Bishop of Mombasa — The start for Mount Meru — Abundance of large game — B.'s narrow escape — Kahé forest — The Wa-kahé — Short rations — The Sogonoi mountains.
16. — My first buffalo — The first lion bagged by C. — Alligators — Surrounded by buffalo — The bush-buck — The W'Arusha — Baboons and wildebeest — My first lion — A buffalo and a rhino— B. attacked by a buffalo.
17 — Chief Sina — Wa-kiboso villages — Extraordinary native engineering operations — A search for game — A magnificent forest — Ascent of Kilima-njaro — A Kiboso market-place — Fairy forests — The saddle connecting Kibo and Kimawenzi.
18 — Elephants — A novel cure for a headache — A successful shot at a buffalo — Abundance of game on the Abarri river — Wart-hog and eland — Return to Taveta — Revisit Lake Jipé.
Chapter 19 — The Gazella Walleri — Construction of a raft — Hippo-shooting — Alligators — Return to Taveta — Journey to the coast — Ascent of Mount Ndara — Vulturine guinea-fowl.
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East Africa and its Big Game. by Capt. Sir John C. Willoughby, Bart.
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- 18 Original illustrations
- Hyper-linked Table of Contents
East Africa and its Big Game is a sportsman's reliving of his adventures hunting in Africa, including stories of hairbreadth escapes and the challenges of an up-country journey. He gives vivid descriptions of some of the different tribes inhabiting this portion of Africa.
The author was accompanied by Sir Robert Harvey, his brother C. B. Harvey, and H. C. V. Hunter; and these men engaged the tried leader, Martin, a Maltese, who was so successful in the conduct of Joseph Thomson's explorations.
Captain Willoughby arrived at Zanzibar on November 28, 1886, and left Mombasa for England on May 1, 1887. He penetrated as far as Kilima-njaro
His six months in Africa resulted in conquests totaling about 350 head. These included 66 rhinoceros, 40 Granti, 39 hartebeest, 39 Mpallah, 21 buffalo, and numbers of elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, hippopotami.
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Brief Chapter outlines:
1. — The origin and object of the Expedition — Preliminary arrangements — Departure for Zanzibar — Lamu — Arrival at Zanzibar.
2 — Zanzibar — Route selected — Grave Island — Reception by the Sultan.
3 — The German Society — Mbweni and the Mission station.
4 — Departure from Zanzibar — Arrival at Mombasa — Freretown Mission Station — Final arrangements for the Interior.
5 — Voyage in the dhow — The first camp — Rabai — The complete caravan.
6 — The Wa-nyika — A lioness — Sable antelope — The Doruma — Taro — A dry camp — A forced march in search of water — Maūngu — The Ndara range — The Wa-teita.
7 — Jovia — Native purchases — Mbugoli and his warriors — Kilima-njaro sighted — Arrival at Lanjora — Abundance of game — Taveta forest.
8 — Taveta camp — The effect of shooting a giraffe during the march — Taveta forest — The Wa-taveta — House-building, drinking, and dancing — A death —Game-pits.
9 — Sport at Lanjora — Return to Taveta — Departure for Mandara's country — H.'s first buffalo — Arrival at Moči.
10. — Our reception by Mandara — His habits and diplomacy — His allies and warriors.
11 — Wa-moči — Customs and superstitions — Physical features of the country — The lion-trap.
12. — My first rhinoceros — Eland — A trip to Lake Jipé — Mpallah and water-buck — A good haul of fish — Return to Taveta.
13 — Game abundant— The Useri and their chief — A tough rhino — A native scrimmage and feast-dance — Effective charge of a rhino calf.
14 — A river encampment — A good day's sport, and a narrow shave — A donkey in trouble — Return to Simba camp — Lake Čala — Characteristics of the rhinoceros.
15 — Taveta — Attack on a Swahili caravan — The loss of a wife — Arrival of the Bishop of Mombasa — The start for Mount Meru — Abundance of large game — B.'s narrow escape — Kahé forest — The Wa-kahé — Short rations — The Sogonoi mountains.
16. — My first buffalo — The first lion bagged by C. — Alligators — Surrounded by buffalo — The bush-buck — The W'Arusha — Baboons and wildebeest — My first lion — A buffalo and a rhino— B. attacked by a buffalo.
17 — Chief Sina — Wa-kiboso villages — Extraordinary native engineering operations — A search for game — A magnificent forest — Ascent of Kilima-njaro — A Kiboso market-place — Fairy forests — The saddle connecting Kibo and Kimawenzi.
18 — Elephants — A novel cure for a headache — A successful shot at a buffalo — Abundance of game on the Abarri river — Wart-hog and eland — Return to Taveta — Revisit Lake Jipé.
Chapter 19 — The Gazella Walleri — Construction of a raft — Hippo-shooting — Alligators — Return to Taveta — Journey to the coast — Ascent of Mount Ndara — Vulturine guinea-fowl.
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East Africa and its Big Game. by Capt. Sir John C. Willoughby, Bart.
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East Africa and Its Big Game: The Narrative of a Sporting Trip From Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai
- Quality Digital Text
- 18 Original illustrations
- Hyper-linked Table of Contents
East Africa and its Big Game is a sportsman's reliving of his adventures hunting in Africa, including stories of hairbreadth escapes and the challenges of an up-country journey. He gives vivid descriptions of some of the different tribes inhabiting this portion of Africa.
The author was accompanied by Sir Robert Harvey, his brother C. B. Harvey, and H. C. V. Hunter; and these men engaged the tried leader, Martin, a Maltese, who was so successful in the conduct of Joseph Thomson's explorations.
Captain Willoughby arrived at Zanzibar on November 28, 1886, and left Mombasa for England on May 1, 1887. He penetrated as far as Kilima-njaro
His six months in Africa resulted in conquests totaling about 350 head. These included 66 rhinoceros, 40 Granti, 39 hartebeest, 39 Mpallah, 21 buffalo, and numbers of elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, hippopotami.
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Brief Chapter outlines:
1. — The origin and object of the Expedition — Preliminary arrangements — Departure for Zanzibar — Lamu — Arrival at Zanzibar.
2 — Zanzibar — Route selected — Grave Island — Reception by the Sultan.
3 — The German Society — Mbweni and the Mission station.
4 — Departure from Zanzibar — Arrival at Mombasa — Freretown Mission Station — Final arrangements for the Interior.
5 — Voyage in the dhow — The first camp — Rabai — The complete caravan.
6 — The Wa-nyika — A lioness — Sable antelope — The Doruma — Taro — A dry camp — A forced march in search of water — Maūngu — The Ndara range — The Wa-teita.
7 — Jovia — Native purchases — Mbugoli and his warriors — Kilima-njaro sighted — Arrival at Lanjora — Abundance of game — Taveta forest.
8 — Taveta camp — The effect of shooting a giraffe during the march — Taveta forest — The Wa-taveta — House-building, drinking, and dancing — A death —Game-pits.
9 — Sport at Lanjora — Return to Taveta — Departure for Mandara's country — H.'s first buffalo — Arrival at Moči.
10. — Our reception by Mandara — His habits and diplomacy — His allies and warriors.
11 — Wa-moči — Customs and superstitions — Physical features of the country — The lion-trap.
12. — My first rhinoceros — Eland — A trip to Lake Jipé — Mpallah and water-buck — A good haul of fish — Return to Taveta.
13 — Game abundant— The Useri and their chief — A tough rhino — A native scrimmage and feast-dance — Effective charge of a rhino calf.
14 — A river encampment — A good day's sport, and a narrow shave — A donkey in trouble — Return to Simba camp — Lake Čala — Characteristics of the rhinoceros.
15 — Taveta — Attack on a Swahili caravan — The loss of a wife — Arrival of the Bishop of Mombasa — The start for Mount Meru — Abundance of large game — B.'s narrow escape — Kahé forest — The Wa-kahé — Short rations — The Sogonoi mountains.
16. — My first buffalo — The first lion bagged by C. — Alligators — Surrounded by buffalo — The bush-buck — The W'Arusha — Baboons and wildebeest — My first lion — A buffalo and a rhino— B. attacked by a buffalo.
17 — Chief Sina — Wa-kiboso villages — Extraordinary native engineering operations — A search for game — A magnificent forest — Ascent of Kilima-njaro — A Kiboso market-place — Fairy forests — The saddle connecting Kibo and Kimawenzi.
18 — Elephants — A novel cure for a headache — A successful shot at a buffalo — Abundance of game on the Abarri river — Wart-hog and eland — Return to Taveta — Revisit Lake Jipé.
Chapter 19 — The Gazella Walleri — Construction of a raft — Hippo-shooting — Alligators — Return to Taveta — Journey to the coast — Ascent of Mount Ndara — Vulturine guinea-fowl.
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East Africa and its Big Game. by Capt. Sir John C. Willoughby, Bart.
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- 18 Original illustrations
- Hyper-linked Table of Contents
East Africa and its Big Game is a sportsman's reliving of his adventures hunting in Africa, including stories of hairbreadth escapes and the challenges of an up-country journey. He gives vivid descriptions of some of the different tribes inhabiting this portion of Africa.
The author was accompanied by Sir Robert Harvey, his brother C. B. Harvey, and H. C. V. Hunter; and these men engaged the tried leader, Martin, a Maltese, who was so successful in the conduct of Joseph Thomson's explorations.
Captain Willoughby arrived at Zanzibar on November 28, 1886, and left Mombasa for England on May 1, 1887. He penetrated as far as Kilima-njaro
His six months in Africa resulted in conquests totaling about 350 head. These included 66 rhinoceros, 40 Granti, 39 hartebeest, 39 Mpallah, 21 buffalo, and numbers of elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, hippopotami.
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Brief Chapter outlines:
1. — The origin and object of the Expedition — Preliminary arrangements — Departure for Zanzibar — Lamu — Arrival at Zanzibar.
2 — Zanzibar — Route selected — Grave Island — Reception by the Sultan.
3 — The German Society — Mbweni and the Mission station.
4 — Departure from Zanzibar — Arrival at Mombasa — Freretown Mission Station — Final arrangements for the Interior.
5 — Voyage in the dhow — The first camp — Rabai — The complete caravan.
6 — The Wa-nyika — A lioness — Sable antelope — The Doruma — Taro — A dry camp — A forced march in search of water — Maūngu — The Ndara range — The Wa-teita.
7 — Jovia — Native purchases — Mbugoli and his warriors — Kilima-njaro sighted — Arrival at Lanjora — Abundance of game — Taveta forest.
8 — Taveta camp — The effect of shooting a giraffe during the march — Taveta forest — The Wa-taveta — House-building, drinking, and dancing — A death —Game-pits.
9 — Sport at Lanjora — Return to Taveta — Departure for Mandara's country — H.'s first buffalo — Arrival at Moči.
10. — Our reception by Mandara — His habits and diplomacy — His allies and warriors.
11 — Wa-moči — Customs and superstitions — Physical features of the country — The lion-trap.
12. — My first rhinoceros — Eland — A trip to Lake Jipé — Mpallah and water-buck — A good haul of fish — Return to Taveta.
13 — Game abundant— The Useri and their chief — A tough rhino — A native scrimmage and feast-dance — Effective charge of a rhino calf.
14 — A river encampment — A good day's sport, and a narrow shave — A donkey in trouble — Return to Simba camp — Lake Čala — Characteristics of the rhinoceros.
15 — Taveta — Attack on a Swahili caravan — The loss of a wife — Arrival of the Bishop of Mombasa — The start for Mount Meru — Abundance of large game — B.'s narrow escape — Kahé forest — The Wa-kahé — Short rations — The Sogonoi mountains.
16. — My first buffalo — The first lion bagged by C. — Alligators — Surrounded by buffalo — The bush-buck — The W'Arusha — Baboons and wildebeest — My first lion — A buffalo and a rhino— B. attacked by a buffalo.
17 — Chief Sina — Wa-kiboso villages — Extraordinary native engineering operations — A search for game — A magnificent forest — Ascent of Kilima-njaro — A Kiboso market-place — Fairy forests — The saddle connecting Kibo and Kimawenzi.
18 — Elephants — A novel cure for a headache — A successful shot at a buffalo — Abundance of game on the Abarri river — Wart-hog and eland — Return to Taveta — Revisit Lake Jipé.
Chapter 19 — The Gazella Walleri — Construction of a raft — Hippo-shooting — Alligators — Return to Taveta — Journey to the coast — Ascent of Mount Ndara — Vulturine guinea-fowl.
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| Publisher: | Heart and Mind Publishing |
| Publication date: | 07/04/2011 |
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