THE HUNTING-GROUNDS OF THE OLD WORLD. XI 



Of one thing there can be little doubt, with such an experienced Shekarry, 

 so able a writer, and so courageous an explorer as the author of the present 

 volume, the reading public may look forward to another book of adventure 

 as entertaining and as valuable as the one under notice, even though his 

 proposed travels should leave the mystery of the Nile unsolved. 



The third part of this work contains a treatise upon firearms, and 

 "thirty reasons for preferring breech-loaders." It is so important that it 

 deserves to be printed in pamphlet form for the use of those who may not 

 have an opportunity of reading the book itself. The author attributes the 

 sad issue of the late Danish campaign entirely to the antiquated weapons 

 which they used. He writes : — 



" I was present during the latter part of this campaign, and am of 

 opinion that the principal cause why the gallant Danes had to abandon 

 position after position and finally to succumb, was not so miich on account 

 of overpowering numbers of the invaders, but chiefly because of the great 

 superiority of the German breech-loading needle-rifle over the inferior 

 muskets with which the sturdy defenders of the soil were armed, and the 

 great advantage the allied armies had in modern artillery of long range and 

 heavy calibre. " 



The last chapter contains "Practical Hints on the use of the Rifle," 

 which is equally valuable both to sportsmen and volunteers; while the 

 entire work is so excellent that it cannot fail to become a standard 

 authority. 



" BELL'S LIFE," 3rd June, 1860. 



There is a general impression among the reading public that a work 

 almost entirely devoted to sporting, more especially to the actual narration 

 of sporting events which have occurred in the experience of one individual, 

 must be, to a certain extent, a monotonous chronicle of carnage ; and this 

 impression is justified by the majority of works on the subject. Bui, as 

 there is no rule without exception, the minority do from time to time 

 vindicate, and most pleasantly so, the perfect feasibility of this material, in 

 itself at the time so interesting to everybody taking part in it, being made 

 almost equally interesting to those who have not ; and our author in his 

 present work has assuredly well entitled himself to be ranked high among 

 that glorious minority. 



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