Presents a collection of pieces taking us from Africa to Iceland hunting for the world's most dangerous and interesting animals From the author of Last Horizons, Peter Hathaway Capstick now presents Death in a Lonely Land, a second volume of his hunting, fishing, and shooting adventures on five continents-stories collected from such magazines as Outdoor Life, NRA's American Hunter, Guns & Ammo, and Petersen's Hunting. The stockbroker-turned-outdoorsman recalls his days as an African pro hunter in "The Killer Baboons of Vlackfontein." "Four Fangs in a Treetop" records a foray into British Honduras for the jaguar, "a gold-dappled teardrop of motion." Capstick narrowly escapes the Yellow Beard, Central America's deadly tree-climbing snake, and cows "The Black Death" (Cape buffalo) in the kind of article that makes this author "the guru of American hunting fans" (New York Newsday). On Brazil's forsaken Marajo Island, he bags the pugnacious red buffalo, which has the "temperament of a constipated Sumo wrestler and the tenacity of an IRS man." The author discusses 12- and 20-gauge shotgun loads; recalls the pleasures of "biltong" (African beef jerky); describes the irresistible homemade lures of snook fishing expert John Gorbatch; and kills a genteel take of Atlantic salmon with the brilliantly simple tube fly. Featuring more than thirty gorgeous drawings by famous wildlife artist Dino Paravano, Death in a Lonely Land is another collector's item by a writer who "keeps the tradition of great safari adventure alive in each of his books" (African Expedition Gazette). Foreword xi Introduction xv Roll Back the Years! 1(8) The Mini-Menacer 9(12) The Killer Baboons of Vlackfontein 21(20) Goofs that Cost Game 41(10) Fill That Tag 51(8) Four Fangs in a Treetop 59(20) Pigsticking Made Personal 79(18) Southern Fried Buffalo 97(18) Midnight Date with a Black Jaguar 115(18) The Happy Snooker 133(10) The Deadly New Tube Fly 143(10) Anything the 20-Gauge Can Do, the 12 Can Do Better 153(12) Shotgun Pellets: Is Bigger Better? 165(14) Airboating for Florida Quackers 179(10) Oldies Are Goodies 189(10) A Lapful of Leopard 199(10) Arthur Neumann's Overdose of Elephant 209(8) Berry Brooks: America's Greatest Big Game Hunter 217(20) The Black Death 237(8) Return of the Man-Eaters 245(14) Biltong 259(8) Videos in the Long Grass 267(10) Gunpowder Cocktails? 277