Frederick Courteney Selous (1851 – 1917) was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. Selous was also a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a select group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. Theodore Roosevelt stated: Mr. Selous is the last of the big-game hunters of South Africa; the last of the mighty hunters whose experiences lay in the greatest hunting ground which this world has seen since civilized man has appeared therein. Mr. Selous is much more than a mere big-game hunter, however; he is by instinct a keen field naturalist, an observer with a power of seeing, and of remembering what he has seen; and finally he is a writer who possesses to a very marked and unusual degree the power vividly and accurately to put on paper his observations. Mr. Selous' chapters on the lion possess a peculiar interest, for they represent without any exception the best study we have of the great, tawny, maned cat. One of the most interesting of Mr. Selous' chapters is that containing his notes on wild dogs, on hunting hounds, and on cheetahs. His book is a genuine contribution alike to hunting lore and to natural history. It should be welcomed by every lover of the chase and by every man who cares for the wild, free life of the wilderness. It should be no less welcome to all who are interested in the life-histories of the most formidable and interesting of the beasts that dwell in our world to-day. Contents:

• Chapter I: Notes On The Questions Of Protective Coloration, Recognition Marks, And The Influence Of Environment On Living Organisms
• Chapter II: Further Notes On The Questions Of Protective Coloration, Recognition Marks, And The Influence Of Environment On Living Organisms
• Chapter III, IV & V: Notes On The Lion
• Chapter VI: Notes On The Spotted Hyena
• Chapter VII: Notes On Wild Dogs And Cheetahs
• Chapter VIII: Extinction And Diminution Of Game In South Africa—Notes On The Cape Buffalo
• Chapter IX: Notes On The Tse-Tse Fly
• Chapter X: Notes On The Black Or Prehensile-Lipped Rhinoceros
• Chapter XI: Notes On The Giraffe
• Chapter XII & XIII: A Journey To Amatongaland In Search Of Inyala
• Chapter XIV: Notes On The Gemsbuck
• Chapter XV: Some Curious Hunting Experiences
• Chapter XVI: Further Curious Hunting Experiences
• Chapter XVII: Incidents Of A Journey Through The Northern Kalahari
• Chapter XVIII: The Last Of South Africa's Game Haunts
• Chapter XIX: How I Spent Christmas Day 1879
• Chapter XX: Notes On The Masarwa: The Bushmen Of The Interior Of South Africa This book published in 1908 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.