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The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon

The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon

The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon

Samuel White Baker

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Editorial:
Standard Publications
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781604242102
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Samuel Baker was born in England. After the death of his wife he traveled to Ceylon in 1846. Baker established an agriculture settlement in Nuwara Eliva. He helped bring cattle and emigrants from England and made a success of the settlement. During his stay in Ceylon he spent a great deal of time hunting with his hounds, which became the genesis of this novel and a later work

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