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found in all books of African travel put together, and 

 is a capital volume. The second is not so good, and is 

 more general ; but the Indian section, by R. H. Percy, 

 is very well done and as fully as could be expected. 

 Arctic Hunting, by Arnold Pike, is capital, and so are 

 the chapters on the Caucasian Aurochs, the Ovis 

 Argali of Mongolia and the Ovis Poli of the Pamir, by 

 S. G. Littledale. Scandinavian elk shooting, by Sir 

 H. Pottinger, is comprehensive, and the chapters on 

 the Caucasus, camp transport, etc., by C. Phillips- 

 Wolley, are in his best style. The remaining sections 

 are devoted to Chamois, the Stag of the Alps, by 

 W. Baillie-Grohman ; European Big Game, by A. H. 

 Percy and the Earl of Kilmorey ; The Large 

 Game of Spain and Portugal, by A. Chapman and 

 W. J. Buck; Taxidermy; and Notes on Rifles and 

 Ammunition. These volumes are not a cyclopaedia of 

 large game shooting, but they treat of the most 

 popular hunting grounds in an admirable manner. 

 The books are well illustrated, and have both indices 

 and a short bibliography. The natural history notes 

 might have been omitted, and sport in the Malay 

 Peninsula, Java, Borneo, etc., substituted with ad- 

 vantage. Longmans, 1894. 8vo ; vol. i., 453 pp.; 

 vol. ii.j 443 pp. ; 10s. Qd. each, and large-paper edition 

 also issued. 



1029. MODERN AMERICAN PISTOL AND REVOLVER. A. C. 

 Gould. Contains a description of modern pistols and 

 revolvers of American make ; ammunition used in 

 these arms ; results accomplished ; and the shooting 

 rules followed by American marksmen. A useful 

 little book. In addition to illustrations of pistols and 

 diagrams, has portraits of noted shots and the positions 

 they assume in aiming. A. C. Gould & Co., Boston, 

 Mass., 1888. 8vo, 138 pp. 



1030. DIGEST OF PATENTS relating to B/L. and Magazine 

 Small Arms (except revolvers) granted in the United 

 States from 1836 to 1873 inclusive, classified and 



