THE OLD TRANSPORT ROAD. (First Edn.)

by Hyatt, Stanley Porter

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London:: Melrose,, 1914. Hardcover; blue cloth; cover corners bumped; head of spine lightly worn; foot of spine has several 1/8-inch tears; endpapers & facing pp. browned; ink name on front endpaper; otherwise, contents good.. Frontispiece + 12 b&w full pg. photos. Hyatt (1877-1914), English/Rhodesian businessman, hauled freight in ox-carts over `Transport Road,' a more-or-less discernable trail through African veld. He tells of training oxen to the yoke; days of bright sunshine; weeks of rain & deep mud; native drivers well worth their hire; other--useless--drivers; blunt talk about `know-it-all' British South Africa Co. personnel; warnings ignored about rinderpest plague that eventually decimated cattle; arrogant, venal politicians; faithless missionaries; the Boers; hunting game for food; etc. ||| Located in Library of Congress, Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Univ. of Chicago, British Library.