A comment made in Chapter eight "Man eating Lion and Elephant Control";

"I might here mention that after my unpleasant experience at Arsim, I had disposed of my heavy magazine rifle and bought myself a double barrelled 470 which never let me down, and in the thick bush and at close quarters was far superior to any magazine rifle."

Another one;
It was not his fault. Nature had designed him to look upon all animals as legitimate fare, including the two-legged species.

I have to admit, as almost every hunter must, that there have been more occasions than I care to remember of animals getting away wounded in spite of every effort on my part to end their suffering. But there is nether pleasure or profit in recounting such incidents.

Although a little anti hunting, an interesting historical look into a life of a game ranger during the golden era prior to independence.

Those of you visiting Kenya can look up Johnny Baxendale for a few more.

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I have to admit, as almost every hunter must, that there have been more occasions than I care to remember of animals getting away wounded in spite of every effort on my part to end their suffering. But there is nether pleasure or profit in recounting such incidents.

Adam,

Even if I didn't know who George Adamson was it would be apparent from the above words that he was a hunter of vast experience.

Mark