This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... V THE SEA TRAGEDY OF THE JUNGLE FOLK T T seemed to me, as I waited in Mahommed Munshee's village, that it might be a good plan to establish a reputation among the natives as a worker of wonders. Fame as a magician is easily acquired among these people and is of inestimable value in handling them. For ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... V THE SEA TRAGEDY OF THE JUNGLE FOLK T T seemed to me, as I waited in Mahommed Munshee's village, that it might be a good plan to establish a reputation among the natives as a worker of wonders. Fame as a magician is easily acquired among these people and is of inestimable value in handling them. For the task that lay before us, I needed all their courage and confidence, and I had a feeling that they were accepting me with some doubt. That would never do, for, unless I had them under perfect control when the hunt reached its most exciting point, all our efforts might be wasted. They showed proper awe of the express rifle that Ali exhibited so proudly, and they took fitting note of my stores, but still they regarded me simply as a white man who might, or might not, be able to do the things he said he was going to do. They were respectful and hospitable, but the more I saw of them, the more I realized the importance of doing some spectacular thing that would distinguish me in their minds and send tales of my magic traveling through the wilderness of jungle. It is astounding, by the way, how rapidly news travels in the jungle. Many times, in breaking through virgin country, I have found that the news of my coming had preceded me and that the natives knew all about me and were waiting for me. The only explanation I could ever get was simply, "Tuan, we heard." A good opportunity to impress the natives presented itself one day when I was preparing to take a plunge in the river. Munshee stopped me, saying: "Take care, sir. There are crocodiles in the river." He told me that many natives had lost their lives recently and that men had had their arms snapped off while they were paddling boats. I took his advice and went to the house where my...
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. 207pp, bw ills. Or orange cloth lacking jacket. Very slight fading to spine, light even toning to page edges. Trapping wild animals for zoos and circuses in Malaya in the first quarter of the 20th century.
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Good. First American edition. Good Hardcover, 1st US edition. Book has minor wear of spine ends and cover edges, fading and light soiling of covers, cracked hinges, name front endpaper, 2" piece missing of bottom front endpapers, brown spotting of endpapers and foredges, some tearing of a few pages. Clean text. Pages still tightly bound.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall Good with slight corner bumps and name in ink on flyleaf. Typical age-toning to paper. In good dust jacket with wear to extremities including some tears (one 2" tear, the rest 1/2" or less, small chips to spine ends, some darkening to spine and dust soiling. Date is an estimate, this being a reprint circa 1935 of the original Duffield ed of 1921. 207 pages, illustrated with drawings. The author's adventures with the circus and hunting wild animals for circus and zoos.
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