"The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon" by Sir Samuel White Baker is a 19th-century memoir about the author's hunting trips in Ceylon, showcasing the excitement and difficulties of pursuing animals in the wild. Baker's writing focuses on big game, like elephants and buffaloes, and the thrill of the hunt, and acknowledges the impact of people on the populations of animals in the area. He thinks about how much time has passed since his first trips to Ceylon, particularly with regard to how hunting has changed as rifle technology has improved. The Ceylonese landscape and wildlife are shown in great detail, with both the dangers and thrills of hunting elephants explored. One experience he recounts is a precarious encounter with wild buffaloes, making the reader aware of the risks involved in the sport; this creates a feeling of respect for nature in what is primarily a chronicle of hunting culture.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
By Samuel White Baker
Embark on a thrilling 19th-century hunting adventure in Ceylon, where encounters with elephants and buffaloes reveal the wonders and perils of a bygone era in the untamed wilderness.
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About the AuthorSir Samuel White Baker was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin between April 1869 and August 1873, which he established as the Province of Equatoria. He is mostly remembered as the first European to visit Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Baker wrote a considerable number of books and published articles. He was a friend of King Edward VII, who as Prince of Wales, visited Baker with Queen Alexandra in Egypt. Other friendships were with explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Roderick Murchison, John H. Speke and James A. Grant, with the ruler of Egypt Pasha Ismail The Magnificent, Major-General Charles George Gordon and Maharaja Duleep Singh.
Sir Samuel White Baker was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin between April 1869 and August 1873, which he established as the Province of Equatoria. He is mostly remembered as the first European to visit Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Baker wrote a considerable number of books and published articles. He was a friend of King Edward VII, who as Prince of Wales, visited Baker with Queen Alexandra in Egypt. Other friendships were with explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Roderick Murchison, John H. Speke and James A. Grant, with the ruler of Egypt Pasha Ismail The Magnificent, Major-General Charles George Gordon and Maharaja Duleep Singh.
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