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.

  • Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming
Date:
[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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    IX.LTJSXI^-A.TIVE OT' HIS FIVE YEAR’S WANDERINGS AMONG THE Of the FAR INTERIOR OF AFRICA. Sfo ifapi&crafly !! rS ADORNKD WITH SPECIMENS SELECTED FROM THE TROPHIES OF MANY THOUSAND opWJLD ANIMALS which fell before the Hunter’s Rifle. £S THE LION HUNTER” HOLDS FORTH TO HIS AUDIENCE OVER HIS OLD HUNTING SADDLE LAID ACROSS THE SKULL OP AN OLD MALE ELEPHANT, one of 105 (first class), BAGGED BY HIM IN SoUTH AfRICA. ®i)c Diotamic fiUustratiotis Painted by Messrs. Geo. Thomas, Harrison Weir, Leitch, Hague, and Phillips. MR. HARRIES WILSON.
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