XIV OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" THE OBSERVER," May 28, 1860. 



The Author of this work describes himself as " a wanderer over many- 

 lands;" and, it may be added, that he is also a "mighty hunter." The 

 volume is a pleasing record of feats of daring and dexterity in the pursuit 

 of wild animals, and will well repay perusal on the part of all lovers of field- 

 sports on a large scale. 



" THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE," August, 1860. 



We should recommend our modem Nimrods, if they wish for real excite- 

 ment, to pack up their traps, take the overland route, and try their hands 

 at drawing the noble game inhabiting the jungles of India. There they 

 will have hunting worthy of their great prototype, Nimrod the First, and 

 to which hare or fox hunting is child's-play, and a steeplechase a senseless 

 pursuit of a broken neck. 



First of all, however, let him get the " Old Shekarry's" work, and read 

 it carefully, weighing well the dangers of the enterprise, or they may find 

 their courage fail them when the pinch comes. 



This most interesting work is full of such incidents; changing the 

 game from tigers to elephants, bears, bisons, deer, elks, wild boars, panthers, 

 and other smaller game, with a variety of anecdotes, illustrative both 

 of high and low life in India, Circassia, and Algeria, for our Nimrod has 

 also paid these countries a sporting visit. We cannot go into particulars, 

 but can honestly recommend the book to aU true lovers of field-sports, as a 

 genuine and interesting work on a subject that has hitherto only been 

 touched on by travellers in the countries to which it refers. 



THE ERA.' 



No sportsman can read this work without considerable profit ; and every 

 one wiU be struck with the sound truthfulness of this mighty hunter's 

 descriptions of the wild denizens of the forest, and the piquant pictures he 

 draws of " the pleasures of the pathless woods." 



