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JOHNSON, Daniel.

Sketches of Indian Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India

Sketches of Indian Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India

with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents, as practised by the Conjoors, and their method of curing themselves when bitten: with remarks on hydrophobia and rabid animals.

Stock Code 117320

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne, and Thomas Fowler, 1822

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In this early work detailing Indian sport, Johnson provides notes on elephant, buffalo, and other game, but of primary importance are his chapters on hunting tiger and leopard principally in the jungle areas of Ramghur, Rogonautpore, and Bundbissunpore.

First edition; 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm); frontispiece with description slip bound in, armorial bookplate to pastedown, frontispiece a little foxed; contemporary full calf, boards bordered in gilt triple fillet, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt black calf lettering piece, extremities lightly rubbed, a very good copy; x, 261pp.

Czech, Indian, pp113-114.

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Provenance: George Jacob Bosanquet (bookplate).

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