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OSMASTON, B.B.

WILD LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN INDIAN FORESTS. From the diaries of B.B. Osmaston C.I.E. 1868-1961. Privately published & edited, with new appendices by Henry Osmaston.

1999

Illustrated with photos, maps etc. Nicely bound in green buckram, with gilt titles. 315 pages. A fascinating and informative work, originally published as a typescript edition of only 125 copies - mainly for members of the family. "How many people have stood up to being charged by tiger, leopard, bear, boar & bees...... who would have attempted to to prevent a large wounded crocodile from getting into the water by seizing its tail.......charged, on a pony, a menacing tusker, or a pack of wild dog? His knowledge of the birds of India was unsurpassed, and his collections of eggs & skins, many new to scientific knowledge, are now in the national collections........"

£30.00