Project Gutenberg 2003-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 93 Baker, Samuel White, Sir 1821 1893 Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Etext prepared by Garry Gill and the Distributed Proofreading team of Charles Franks "Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America" by Sir Samuel W. Baker is a non-fiction work written during the late 19th century. This book serves as a detailed account of the author's adventures and experiences in hunting, wildlife, and the natural world across various continents. It likely explores the challenges and techniques of hunting large game as well as the author's reflections on the animals encountered throughout his expeditions. The opening of the book delves into the evolution and technicalities of rifles used in hunting over the past half-century. Baker discusses early firearms, particularly the smooth-bore muskets, their limitations, and the advancements made in rifle design, especially in terms of accuracy and power. He shares his personal experience with the introduction of rifles to places like Ceylon and details the modifications he proposed and successfully implemented to improve riflery in hunting dangerous game. Overall, this initial portion of the text serves to set the stage for a deeper exploration of hunting practices and a reflection on the relationship between humans and the wild during that historical period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Hunting Animal behavior SK Text Animals-Wild Africa Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Travel & Geography 673927 673741 2024-10-02T09:23:26.497490 2023-10-02T08:23:25.144854 text/html text/html 673920 673734 2024-10-02T09:23:26.788530 2023-10-02T08:23:25.508848 text/html text/html 358346 2024-10-02T09:23:37.027531 application/epub+zip 369560 2024-10-02T09:23:31.021513 application/epub+zip 321012 2024-10-02T09:23:29.578516 application/epub+zip 722529 2024-10-02T09:23:41.790431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 697993 2024-10-02T09:23:36.086442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445094 2022-09-02T11:04:51.447418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 645990 645857 2024-10-02T09:23:25.929519 2023-10-02T08:23:24.756866 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 640608 2021-01-08T22:38:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 234018 2021-01-08T22:38:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19439 2024-10-02T09:23:41.915414 application/rdf+xml 27547 2024-10-02T09:23:30.154513 image/jpeg 5038 2024-10-02T09:23:29.868474 image/jpeg 356273 2024-10-02T09:23:26.844504 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia