PREFACE. 



A FRIEND when conversing with the Author 

 made the following observations : "I am sick of 

 experiences of sport and adventure conveyed in 

 the form of transcript from diary why cannot 

 people give us the grain without the husk, and 

 thus avoid making us the victims of tedious 

 prolixity ? You have had the experience, why 

 don't you give us some of it in a condensed form ? 

 We don't want to know why the favourite horse 

 went lame on the near fore how you cured the 

 cook when he had a fit of colic what you did 

 when you were cooped up for a month by the 

 rains your adventures on the day you went out 

 shooting and didn't see anything to shoot at why 

 you didn't get your letters by the mail why the 

 groceries gave out -your manoeuvres for a month 

 when you were not in touch with the enemy and 

 the precise dates, places, and distances which are 

 of no interest to us. We want to know just the 

 pith of your experiences, and nothing more." 



My friend's words echoed my own sentiments. 

 If a man has geographical facts to reveal like 



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