A Sporting Trip through Abyssinia. A narrative of a nine months' journey from the plaines of the Hawash to the snows of Simien with a description of the Game from Elephant to Ibex and notes on the manners and customs of the natives.

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London: Rowland West 1902. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. (xxiv 532 12pp.). With frontisp. num. illusts. and 2 fold. maps in rear end-pocket. Patterned end-papers. 1st ed. Fine crisp copy. NOTE: After the success of his sporting trip to Abyssinia Powell-Cotton was determined to attempt another hunting expedition this time to British East Africa not only for sport but also to prove the existence of the five-horned giraffe. Crossing the Tana they spent time with the Kikuyu...On the Baringo Plain trophy kudu was collected as well as lion. Powell-Cotton eventually bagged a five-horned giraffe before entering Masai territory.