By Captain Angus Buchanan, M.C.
WILD LIFE IN
CANADA
THE SUNDAY TIMES:
“Captain Buchanan’s book has the rare charm of an exquisite simplicity, coupled with a fresh, almost boyish delight in his questing successes. . . . May ‘Caribou Antler’ soon return to his beloved North, and give us yet another delightful book.”
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH:
“The record of his study of birds, beasts, and fishes of the Far North is written not merely with scientific accuracy, but with a broad outlook that must interest alike the naturalist and the ordinary layman. . . . The book affords fascinating reading for young and old.”
THE MORNING POST:
“It is the treasure of the mind and the eye of a man of knowledge and sensibility, exploring beyond the white man’s frontier of Saskatchewan. . . . Commend it we can, and do, heartily.”
NATURE:
“Birds predominate throughout the pages of what is really a naturalist’s journal—unvarnished, graphic, and with a strong personal note. . . . The picture that the author gives of the caribou is a fine piece of work.”
THE PALL MALL GAZETTE:
“Excellent reading. . . . Naturalists, sportsmen, and all lovers of adventure will find the book both profitable and entertaining.”
THE SCOTS PICTORIAL:
“A delightful book about his wanderings and adventures in the North-West. The spirit of the wilds is in his language, telling of the grandeur and beauties of these regions, the vast solitudes, the continuous struggle with Nature. . . . As interesting as it is informative.”
With Numerous Photographs by the Author
SECOND IMPRESSION
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street, LONDON, W.1
By Captain Angus Buchanan, M.C.
THREE YEARS OF WAR
IN EAST AFRICA
With a Foreword by LORD CRANWORTH
THE TIMES:
“A book which is singularly attractive and ‘African’ all over. . . . His narrative is essentially the story of three years’ soldiering in Central Africa by a lover of the wild, a traveller in many lands, a naturalist and sportsman.”
THE SPECTATOR:
“Captain Buchanan’s valuable book. . . . It is of great human interest as a record of the admirable work done by the author’s battalion.”
NAVAL AND MILITARY RECORD:
“Wonderfully interesting—the author gives thrilling accounts of the fighting, but the story is more that of a man possessing the spirit of adventure, an explorer of the wild, a lover of nature, and a sportsman.”
THE EVENING STANDARD:
“One emerges with a profound admiration of the man and his work, both with sword and pen. His equipment is so complete. A thorough soldier, one that sticks it out through exhaustion and disease till the body refuses any longer to obey the indomitable will; a gifted leader; a big game hunter, whose hunting is inspired by a love of natural history that comes out in his study of birds; a traveller with a keen eye for the picturesque in nature and man; and, to cap all, a thinker, and one of those wise thinkers who translate their theories of life into consistent action.”
ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE:
“The author gives us an admirable idea of the country . . . a valuable contribution to the literature of the campaign, and incidentally provides a fine record of the work of the splendid corps to which he belonged.”
THE GRAPHIC:
“This well-written book is intensely inspiring as a study in British pluck.”
With Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs by the Author
SECOND IMPRESSION
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street, LONDON, W.1
FOOTNOTES
[1]Director of Tring Museum.
[2]Of the British Museum of Natural History.
[3]But this he did not do, for I never saw him again.
[4]Nigeria handbook
[5]Sometimes Madala!
[6]Made of pasteboard for small specimens and wood for large.
[7]Barth’s Travels in Central Africa. Vol. i, p. 370.
[8]Dr. Barth’s Travels in Central Africa. Vol. i, p. 399.
[9]“Abisgee,” Hausa name; an evergreen, willow-like bush, which has a pungent skunk odour. It bears large clusters of currant-like fruit in June and July. This bush was found only in Aïr, and it may be Boscia salicifolia, Oliver (Capparidaceæ).
[10]The mountains of Baguezan, Timia, Agalak, Goundaï, Agarageur, Faodet, and Tamgak may be said to form almost one continuous range, whereas Aguellal is a detached mountain range.
[11]Described by Lord Rothschild