AFRICAN ADVENTURES. By John F. Burger.

(1957) 1993 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Pp222. B/w photographs. Fully bound in green bonded leather, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

Burger's second volume of African adventures in pursuit of elephant, buffalo and lion. During his career as a hunter and miner he travelled and hunted all over southern Africa, from the Karoo to the Congo, and spent much time on locust control and mining in Tanganyika. Chapters include: Early days on the Great Karoo; I take to the hills; We trek north; Early Rhodesian adventures; Meet Professor Morrisey - world's greatest snake man; Early Congo days; On the Lupa Goldfield; I change vocation; Mice, men, and cancer; Training the cheetah; Scavengers and others; Snakes - harmless and deadly; Nature red; My pets and I; Hunters - good and bad; Great hunters of the past; When the unexpected happens; Adventures strange and exciting; The Queen's grave; The White Fathers; African drums; Strange characters; In memory of Doris; The end of the trail.