TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND: THE RECORD OF A SHOOTING TRIP. By Agnes Herbert.

(1908) ND (1925) new edition. Small 8vo (125 x 189mm). Pp252,iii[ads]. Unillustrated. Blind stamped ruled border and publisher's trademark to red boards, gilt titles to spine.

Agnes Herbert and her cousin Cecily mount a big game hunting expedition to Somaliland". We had to obtain special permits to penetrate the Ogaden country and beyond to the Marehan and the Haweea, if we desired to go so far. Since the Treaty with King Menelik in 1897 the Ogaden and onwards is out of the British sphere of influence. How our permits were obtained I am not at liberty to say; but without them we should have been forced to prance about on the outskirts of every part where game is abundant". This edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, carries only the date of the first edition, 1908. It was actually issued in 1925 as part of the Edinburgh Library series. Chapters include: We set out for Somaliland; In Berbera; The starting of the Great Trek; We meet King Leo; More lions; Benighted in the jungle; Another uncomfortable night; A battle royal; Death of "The Baron"; We meet "The Opposition"; An oasis in the desert; Our butler levants; We cross the Marehan; We reach a real lake; Another gap in our ranks; Cecily shoots a rhinoceros; Tree climbing; A joust with a bull oryx; In the Golis; The last phase; End of the Great Shikar.