THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO: AND OTHER EAST AFRICAN ADVENTURES. By Lieut.-Col. J.H. Patterson, D.S.O., with a Foreword by Frederick Courteney Selous.

(1907) 1999 1st Indian edition. Small 8vo (140 x 220mm). Ppxx,346. B/w photographs.Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Taken from the St Martin's Press edition, but omitting the map. A classic of lion hunting in British East Africa. Patterson was appointed by the Foreign Office to supervise the construction of the Uganda Railway, connecting that colony and the Kenyan interior with the coast at Mombasa. The project was held up for some time by lions attacking and killing numerous employees of the company. This book largely consists of the author's account of dealing with the lions. The narrative includes much of interest on the construction of the railway itself, and numerous interesting observations of the country and its peoples.