i893. 



SOME NEW BOOKS. 



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from foreign memoirs. We do not intend to imply that there is any 

 wilful distortion of the quotations, for the errors are just as numerous 

 in those in favour of Sir Henry Howorth's own views as in those 

 from opponents. It is merely another instance of the carelessness so 

 conspicuous throughout the book. 



Gun and Camera in Southern Africa ; A Year of Wanderings in Bechuanaland, 



the Kalahari Desert, and the Lake River Country, Ngamiland. With notes on 



Colonisation, Natives, Natural History, and Sport. By H. A. Bryden. 8vo. 



Pp. xiv. and 544. Illustrated. London : Stanford, 1893. Price 15s. 



South and East Africa being at the present time on the " boom," the 



reading public is almost overwhelmed with the number of works 



appearing in rapid succession on that country, its peoples, and its 



products. Most of these, unfortunately, have little interest for the 



Head of Lechee Antelope (Cobus lechce) 

 naturalist, who too often cannot but regret that the lack of suitable 

 training has rendered so many of the pioneers of civilisation unfitted 

 for giving any account of the animals with which they meet. This, 

 however, is not the case with Mr. H. A. Bryden, who has already made 

 himself known as an observer of wild animals in their haunts, in his 

 work " Kloof and Karroo in Cape Colony," as well as in various 

 articles contributed to the Field and Land and Water. The present 

 volume naturally contains a large amount of matter which is chiefly 

 interesting to those desirous of obtaining information as to the nature of 

 the country and its development ; but there are several chapters which 

 •cannot fail to be profitable reading to the zoologist. Among these we 

 may especially mention those bearing the titles " Natural History 

 Notes," "The Giraffe at Home," " The Waterway and Water-fowl of 

 the Botletli," " The Game Birds of Bechuanaland," and the " Present 



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