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[BELGIAN CONGO-BIG GAME] Manuscript Diary of a hunting Expedition to the Belgian Congo in 1911 and 1912. Original dark purple morocco. 8 x 5 1/2 inches (20 x 13.5 cm); 143 ruled pages, manuscript in purple pencil written in a generally legible cursive hand with corrections and deletions, plus a few blanks at the end including the financial accounts for the expedition. Binding worn, generally in sound condition. Though we have been unable to identify the two members of the party, this detailed daily diary by one of them recounts an expedition up the Congo River soon after the creation of the Belgian Congo, during which elephant and antelope were shot. It records illness, problems with native bearers and paddlers, hunting and stalking details, and much more, and is very interesting as an unvarnished and unedited account of a hunting trip of this kind. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson