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Seventeen Trips Through Somáliland, by Captain H. G. C. Swayne, R.E

Seventeen Trips Through Somáliland, by Captain H. G. C. Swayne, R.E

by H. G. C. Swayne

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Author
Swayne, H. G. C. (Harald G. C.), 1860-1940
Title
Seventeen trips through Somáliland A record of exploration & big game shooting, 1885 to 1893
Credits
Produced by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
Zoology -- Horn of Africa
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 57907
Release Date
September 14, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SEVENTEEN TRIPS THROUGH SOMÁLILAND
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I ETHNOLOGY
  6. 6.CHAPTER II THE NOMADIC LIFE
  7. 7.CHAPTER III BIG GAME SHOOTING, 1887
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV GOVERNMENT EXPLORATIONS
  9. 9.CHAPTER V A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE ABYSSINIAN BORDER, 1892
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI A VISIT TO RÁS MAKUNAN OF HARAR, 1893
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII FIRST JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABÉLEH RIVER, 1893
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII FIRST JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABÉLEH RIVER ( continued )
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX THREE WEEKS’ KOODOO STALKING ON GOLIS RANGE, 1893
  14. 14.CHAPTER X SECOND JOURNEY TO THE WEBBE SHABÉLEH RIVER, 1893
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI NOTES ON THE WILD FAUNA OF SOMÁLILAND — The Lion ( Felis leo ) — The Elephant ( Elephas africanus ) — The Black Rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros bicornis ) — Antelopes [53] —The Oryx ( Oryx beisa ) — The Koodoo ( Strepsiceros Koodoo ) — The Lesser Koodoo ( Strepsiceros imberbis ) — The Somáli Hartebeest ( Bubalis swaynei ) — Waterbuck ( Cobus ellipsiprymnus ) — Bushbuck ( Tragelaphus decula ) — Clarke’s Gazelle ( Ammodorcas clarkei ) — Waller’s Gazelle ( Lithocranius walleri ) — Sœmmering’s Gazelle ( Gazella sœmmeringi ) — The Guban or Lowland Gazelle ( Gazella pelzelni ). — The Ogo or Plateau Gazelle ( Gazella spekei ). — The Klipspringer ( Oreotragus saltator ) — The “Dik-Dik” Antelopes — The “Baira” Antelope ( Oreotragus megalotis ) — Grévy’s Zebra ( Equus grévyi ) — Wild Ass ( Equus nubianus somálicus )
  16. 16.APPENDIX I On fitting out Somáli Expeditions General Observations — Example I — Purchase of Tent, Rifles, and other Kit — Example II — Example III
  17. 17.APPENDIX II Physical Geography WITH NOTES ON PRONUNCIATION AND MEANING OF NATIVE NAMES — Glossary of Geographical Names
  18. 18.APPENDIX III Notes on Somáli Trade
  19. 19.FOOTNOTES
  20. 20.INDEX

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