Hunting - Biographies & Narratives, Africa - Travel Essays & Descriptions, Hunters & Fishers - Biography, North Africa - Travel
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Overview
There were only two words to describe the Dafur Desert in 1930 – Dangerous and Remote! Perched as it was on the extreme western edge of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Dafur was the size of France, as hot as Hades, and populated by some of the wildest nomadic tribesmen in Africa. In short, it wasn’t the kind of place you went to for a light-hearted camping holiday. Of course Robert Henriques and his mates were not that sort at all. They were serving officers in the British Imperial system and were already used to being posted to all sorts of dangerous and obscure places. So the idea of heading off into the bush for several months of lion-hunting, armed with not much more than a native guide and a sense of humour, seemed perfectly plausible to these men who were used to daily miracles. What followed was a classic example of British resolve and adventure. Henriques makes interesting observations about life in those days, from breakfasting on “miserable little Sudan eggs and tinned pears” to reminding the reader to take care his wrist watch doesn’t spook the lions: “strap the luminous dial inside your arm so as not to show”. The resulting book is a look back in time, when values were different and big game hunting was considered good form. Amply illustrated with photographs taken by the author and his companions, this book tells of life on the trail unlike anything found today.Book Details
Published
October 1, 2001
Publisher
Long Riders' Guild Press
Pages
408
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781590480977