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Books of sporting, travel, and adventure in countries little known to the average reader naturally fall in two classes-neither, with a very few exceptions, of great value. One class is perhaps the logical result of the other. Of the first type is the book that is written to make the most of far travels, to extract from adventure the last thrill, to impress the awestricken reader with a full sense of the danger and hardship the writer has undergone. Thus, if the latter takes out quite an ordinary routine permit to go into certain districts, he makes the most of travelling in "closed territory," implying that he has obtained an especial privilege, and has penetrated where few have gone before him. As a matter of fact, the permit is issued merely that the authorities may keep track of who is where. Anybody can get one. This class of writer tells of shooting beasts at customary ranges of four and five hundred yards. I remember one in especial who airily and as a matter of fact killed all his antelope at such ranges. Most men have shot occasional beasts at a quarter mile or so, but not airily nor as a matter of fact: rather with thanksgiving and a certain amount of surprise. The gentleman of whom I speak mentioned getting an eland at seven hundred and fifty yards. By chance I happened to mention this to a native Africander.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Lifestyle, sport & leisure Travel & holiday Travel & holiday guides

• Plný název: Land of Footprints
• Autor: Stewart Edward White
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 300
• EAN: 9781421833095
• ISBN: 9781421833095
• ID: 08412826
• Nakladatelství: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Hmotnost: 517 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 21 mm
• Datum vydání: 01. March 2007

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