. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. appear in booksentitled * The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon > and (Eight Years Wander-ing in Ceylon. In 1861, accompanied by his young wife and anescort, he started up the Nile, and three years later, on the 14th ofMarch, 1864, at length reached the cliffs overlooking the AlbertNyanza, being the first European to behold its waters. Like mostEnglishmen, he was an enthusiastic sportsman, and his manner oflife afforded him a great variety of unusual experiences. He visitedCyprus in 1879, after the execution of the convention between Eng
. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. appear in booksentitled * The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon > and (Eight Years Wander-ing in Ceylon. In 1861, accompanied by his young wife and anescort, he started up the Nile, and three years later, on the 14th ofMarch, 1864, at length reached the cliffs overlooking the AlbertNyanza, being the first European to behold its waters. Like mostEnglishmen, he was an enthusiastic sportsman, and his manner oflife afforded him a great variety of unusual experiences. He visitedCyprus in 1879, after the execution of the convention between Eng-land and Turkey, and subsequently he traveled to Syria, India, Japan,and America. He kept voluminous notes of his various journeys,which he utilized in the preparation of numerous volumes: —< TheAlbert Nyanza; (The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia; Ismailia, anarrative of the expedition under the auspices of the Khedive; Cy-prus as I Saw It in 1879; together with (Wild Beasts and TheirWays, (True Tales for My Grandsons, and a story entitled < Cast Up. Sir Samuel Baker 1278 SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER by the Sea, which was for many years a great favorite with theboys of England and America. They are all full of life and of the most delightful memories of them which readers retain isthe figure of his lovely wife, so full of courage, loyalty, buoyancy,and charm. He had that rarest of possibilities, spirit-stirring ad-venture and home companionship at once. HUNTING IN ABYSSINIAFrom <The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia1 On arrival at the camp, I resolved to fire the entire countryon the following day, and to push still farther up thecourse of the Settite to the foot of the mountains, and toreturn to this camp in about a fortnight, by which time the ani-mals that had been scared away by the fire would have , on the following morning, accompanied by a few ofthe aggageers, I started upon the south bank of the river, androde for some distance into the
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