THE HUNTING-GROUNDS OF THE OLD WORLD. XIX 



style of writing is conspicuous. Our author must be of a very observing 

 turn of mind, for nothing escapes his notice, and he interweaves in his dis- 

 cursive story all that can instruct the mind, or captivate the fancy. It is 

 among the mountain heights, however, and in the " deep jungle," that our 

 author, though nothing comes amiss to him, is most at home. 



The affectionate manner in which our author ever speaks of his comrades 

 shows the strong brotherhood that exists among real sportsmen. With 

 genuine good feeling he conspicuously brings forward their doings, and 

 without a spark of jealousy extols their achievements. His gang, whom he 

 ever treated like a family of children, were devoted to him, and their 

 invariable steadiness in the hour of peril shows the ascendency that a 

 master-mind may acquire over the common herd. His unvaried kindness 

 gained their love and fidelity, whilst his dauntless bearing won their un- 

 limited confidence. Googooloo, his most celebrated teacher, whom he 

 describes as having "the eye of a hawk, the ear of a hare, and the nose of 

 hound," would coolly stand by his master's side with a second gun, and 

 watch with indifference the charge of a wounded tiger or the rush of an in- 

 furiated elephant, never deeming it possible that the nerves could fail or the 

 grooved bore prove false. To the assistance rendered him by his native 

 attendants, H. A. L. attributes much of his success in large-game hunting, 

 but he ever speaks modestly of his own deeds, and he often ascribes the 

 honours he attained to the instinct of his faithful dog, the sagacity of his 

 noble horse, or the extraordinary powers of his unerring rifle, rather than 

 to himself. No one, however, could read his work without feeling convinced 

 that the author is not only a sportsman of the highest order, and a most 

 observant explorer, but also that it is the truthful, unvarnished narrative 

 of a gallant soldier, an accomplished scholar, and a true-hearted English 

 gentleman. 



To the third edition has been added 240 pages of entirely new matter, 

 and the work is now a complete guide for the Indian sportsman, containing 

 practical information on every kind of hunting to be met with in Asia. 

 The third part consists of a treatise upon fire-arms, and thirty reasons for 

 preferring breech-loaders, the Old Shekarry having been the first to intro- 

 duce this system to the English sporting world. The last Chapter, entitled 

 "Practical Hints on the Use of the Rifle," contains information equally 

 valuable both to sportsmen and military men. In the Preface of the present 

 work, which is confined entirely to the hunting-grounds of Asia, the Author 

 proposes, in a second series, to give some account of five exploring expedi- 

 tions to different parts of Africa, he having hunted all over the country 

 between the Limpopo and Zambesi rivers on the East Coast, in Tunis, 

 Algeria, and more recently on the West Coast of Equatorial Africa. He 



