A Journey from Omdurman to Mombasa viâ Lake Rudolf - 06 by AUSTIN, Major H. H - 1902

London: Royal Geographical Society, 1902. 8vo. 22 pages, plus a large folding colour map for illustration. Missing the original spine. Bound with new black spine, otherwise in original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Not to be deceived by such a modest title, Austin's is a most vivid description of a deadly 2,400 mile journey through British Sudan to Kenya, encountering numerous hostile tribes. He recounts repeated instances, in the environs of Lake Rudolf, of expedition members being hunted and speared to death by indigenous tribesmen, of bold night attacks by warriors, and brutal devious killings of travelers wandering from camp. His expedition journal begins to resemble a diary of deaths. The survey party traversed swampy regions of the Nile through Sudan, to reach the magnificent highlands of British East Africa. The perilous overland journey endured not only shortage of food, illness, and dangerous encounters, but a most dramatic loss of 75 per cent of the party of sixty-two, at the hands of previously friendly tribes!. Very Good.