AUTHOR'S NOTE 



my indebtedness to Mr. Digby Davies by name, for the 

 excellent material which has enabled me to compile this 

 work, as well as for the interesting photographs from which 

 the illustrations have been taken. Mr. Davies' hunting 

 experiences were not confined to India alone, for during 

 one period of leave, he made an expedition to Somaliland 

 where he was singularly fortunate in procuring several 

 elephants and lions, besides specimens of nearly every 

 other wild animal to be found in that country. An account 

 of these adventures is given in this narrative and should 

 make interesting reading from the sportsman's point of 

 view. 



In conclusion, I take this opportunity of acknowledging 

 the numerous and very favourable notices accorded by the 

 Press to my last book " Tigerland " and venture to 

 hope that the present volume may meet with a similar 

 reception. 



AUTHOR. 



MALVERN WELLS, 

 July, 1915. 



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