The lion hunter at home! : programme of Gordon Cumming's entertainment, illustrative of his five year's [sic] wanderings among the wild tribes & savage animals of the far interior of Africa.

  • Gordon-Cumming, Roualeyn, 1820-1866.
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[1855]
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Credit: The lion hunter at home! : programme of Gordon Cumming's entertainment, illustrative of his five year's [sic] wanderings among the wild tribes & savage animals of the far interior of Africa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    pvogramwe. lII[J§]IC-(D)¥]EIRTUlR]Eo PART I. THE HUNTER’S START—THE SPORTS OF THE PLAINS, Nature of Mr. Gordon Cummins’s Collections of Hunting Trophies. Reasons in Justification of the Hunter’s pursuit. Contributions of Southern Africa to the collection; those of other countries. The Carpathian mountains. ILLUSTRATION I. A FAMOUS WILD BOAR OF THE CARPATHIANS MANGLES THE HUNTER’S PACK, BUT FAILS TO SAVE HIS BACON. A noble head of the Carpathian Stag. How procured. ILLUSTRATION II. A NOBLE HEADED CARPATHIAN STAG, COURSED BY WOLVES. This Stag was noted for its beauty, and carried the finest antlers in Europe. ILLUSTRATION III. ROBBING THE NEST OF THE SEA EAGLE ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. The hunter’s early life and hunting instincts. Service in India. Gratification of early longings for South African sports. Arrival at the Cape. ILLUSTRATION IV. CAPE TOWN & TABLE BAY & MOUNTAIN. Account of the colony. Its products. Inhabitants. Portrait of Vntch Boor. Geography of Southern Africa. Start Iroin Graham’s Town for the interior. ,