The Rifle And Hound In Ceylon
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| Author | Sir Samuel White Baker |
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| Language | English |
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| Set in | Sri Lanka |
| Publisher | London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London : Spottiswoodes and Shaw |
Publication date | 1854 |
| Pages | 409 |
| OCLC | 655366268 |
| 799.295493 | |
| LC Class | DS489.B17 |
| Website | http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3231 |
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon is a book by Sir Samuel White Baker detailing hunting, particularly elephants, in Sri Lanka.
It was first published in 1854, with a second edition published in 1857, and a third in 1874.[1]
Historical impact
Sir Baker's popular account of his exploits fixed Ceylon as a place for elephant hunting for his audience.[2]. Baker considered the elephant the 'king of beasts' rather than the lion or tiger and was the most noble adversary for hunters.[2] Due to ongoing hunting and changing land use, the elephant population in Sri Lanka dramatically declined.[2]
References
- ↑ "WorldCat". Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lorimer & Whatmore 2009, p. 669.
Bibliography
Lorimer, Jamie; Whatmore, Sarah (2009). "After the 'king of beasts': Samuel Baker and the embodied historical geographies of elephant hunting in mid-nineteenth-century Ceylon" (PDF). Journal of Historical Geography. Elsevier. 35 (4): 668–689. doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2008.11.002.
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