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Africa. Livingstone was in the country when Os- 

 well, Vardon, Gordon Gumming, and other hunters 

 were performing their feats, and had a good deal 

 to say in their favour. 



Following Gordon Gumming, and bitten by the 

 wonderful records of his sport, came Baldwin, 

 another mighty hunter, who shot from Zululand 

 to the Zambesi from the years 1852 to 1860. Mr. 

 Baldwin is, it is a pleasure to state, still alive and 

 hearty, and able to enjoy sport in Gheshire and 

 elsewhere. 



In the middle fifties Baldwin shot chiefly in Zulu- 

 land and Amatongaland, where among all kinds of 

 heavy game he had immense sport. These countries, 

 together with the adjacent Swaziland, are now all 

 but denuded of great game. At a later period he 

 shot in the far interior, visiting Lake Ngami and 

 the Victoria Falls. A fine horseman and shot, and 

 with any amount of nerve, William Gharles Baldwin 

 established a reputation in South Africa second to 

 none of the great Nimrods who preceded him.^ 

 Many and many a big bull elephant, many a fine 

 tusk of ivory, fell to his rifle. His game toll, too, 

 must have been a very heavy one. 



The last of the great hunters is Mr. F. G. Selous, 

 and, of all the pursuers of big game, Selous has been, 



1 See South African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi. 

 Bentley, 1864 ; 3rd ed. 1894, 



