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NATURALIST SPORTSMEN. 
! As compared with a quarter of a century 
bo, or even less time, a marvelous change has 
bine over the writings of hunters of big game, 
h the old days nearly all the works on this 
jibject were of the type of the Hon. J. Inglis’s. 
[Pent Life in Tiger-Land,” which was pub- 
ished in 1888, and may be regarded as one of 
ne last survivals of an old school of writing, 
lany of these books were amusing enough in 
jieir way, although the reader was apt to be 
jired by interminable descriptions of daily 
likar. But as regards the natural history of 
le animals hunted they were worse than use- 
ss. Not only was the size of the animals 
ain generally grossly exaggerated, but mar- 
elous stories were told of their habits and 
ructure, which only too generally were based 
Itlier on the fertile imagination of the author 
r on stories gathered from credulous and 
Sing natives. Any facts relating to the geo- 
^aphical distribution of the various animals 
let with during a sporting tour of this de- 
jription we may look for in vain; and this is 
(1 e more to be regretted, seeing that now the 
tiginal limits of the range of many species 
kve been irretrievably lost. As to the minute 
Hails of color or structure distinguishing the 
nailer kinds of game animals from one an- 
her, these were regarded as altogether be- 
:ath the notice of the sportsman, while so- 
.lled vermin were treated by him with con- 
mptuous disdain. Of course, there have al- 
ays been naturalist-travelers, such as Darwin, 
Wallace, and Bates, whose works are mines of 
formation on the natural history of the 
gions they have visited. There were also, 
•en in the old days, a certain number of 
lortsmen in whom the naturalist element was 
,ore or less strongly marked. Gordon Cum¬ 
ing, for instance, although essentially a 
bortsman, has given us much information 
pout the larger animals of South Africa which 
m scarcely be found elsewhere; and if his 
jiurnal had never been published, the loss of 
; ich original observations would have been a 
jstinct loss to natural history. 
Even still more markedly is this the case 
ith Charles John Andersson, whose work on 
ake Nyami first saw the light in 1856. An- 
hrsson was indeed in many respects an excel- 
,nt naturalist, and we owe to him numerous 
bservations on the habits of many animals— 
pong them the so-called white rhinoceros— 
tie value of which can now scarcely be over- 
ptimated. Even he, however, made no at- 
rmpt to determine exactly the species of the 
pious kinds of smaller game which fell to his 
;fle, and he can, at most, only be said to 
preshadow the modern type of naturalist- 
portsmen. As Livingstone was in no sense 
jisportsman, and but very little of a naturalist, 
s name calls for no special mention. 
As one of the early pioneers of the modern 
■’hool we may take the Hon. W. H. Drum- 
ond, whose volume on the “Large Game and 
atural History of South and Southeast 
frica” was published in 1875. This author 
ves very copious, and apparently reliable, 
bservations on the habits of many of the 
jrger Ethiopian mammals. What is more im- 
ibrtant, he attempted a classified list of such 
iecies of antelopes as he came across, with 
bservations on their habits and distribution; 
id, although at the present time the list looks 
try erroneous and imperfect, it was a very 
>od attempt for the period when it was 
Mined. It is, however, somewhat curious that 
;ie author gives scarcely any details as to the 
prn measurements of the buffaloes, rhinos 
ul antelopes that he slew. 
What Drummond attempted to do for the 
rger animals of Southeastern Africa was ac- 
implished much more fully for those of India 
f the late G. P. Sanderson, the first edition 
whose well-known work—“Thirteen Years 
mong the Wild Beasts of India”—made its 
ipearance in 1878. The use made by W. P. 
lanford in his “Mammals of British India” 
' Sand erson’s observations, serves to show 
iw highly his work is esteemed by first-class 
ientific naturalists; and it is a circumstance 
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