BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE, SIR (1821-1893) . - The Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia, And The Sword Hunters Of The Hamran Arabs. By Sir Samuel W. Baker.

London : Macmillan and Co. 1867 0. A very good and tight binding. pp.xxii./[2pp.]/pp.596 pages, + 24 unnumbered leaves of plates. Later blue leather spine with gilt titles, over original blue cloth boards. The front board with a gilt image of an elephant and a fleeing man on horseback. Later endpapers. Clear text and illustrations throughout. Some plates with light blemishes (from previous use) to margins. A well preserved copy of this scarce publication. ** The Nile Tributaries describes the 14 months Baker spent exploring Abyssinia between April 1861 and June 1862. He established his headquarters at Sofi and spent five months travelling the Setit, one of its tributaries, stalking giraffe, hippopotamus, elephant, baboon, lion, and buffalo, often in the company of the Hamran Arabs. He then continued along the Rehad to its confluence with the Blue Nile, travelling to Khartoum.

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