CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 

 By H. A. BRYDEN 



ONE sometimes hears the expression, among people 

 who are not very certain of their facts, " Oh ! 

 African shooting is getting played out." There is, 

 of course, some element of truth in the remark, but 

 the statement is, speaking generally, inaccurate and 

 untrue. There are still large areas of country in the 

 African continent where the white man's face is 

 almost unknown, and the report of his rifle unheard. 

 Even within the last year or two regions between 

 Abyssinia and the Nile, abounding in many kinds of 

 great game, have for the first time been opened up 



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