Gerald Durrel - The bafut beagles

B6 - Penguin books - 1961 - Originale inglese

"The Bafut Beagles" is one of Gerald Durrell's delightful travel memoirs about his animal-collecting expeditions in West Africa, specifically in the Cameroons region around Bafut. The book chronicles Durrell's adventures as a young naturalist in the 1940s-50s, where he encounters the colorful local Fon (chief) of Bafut and his hunting dogs - the "beagles" of the title. Through humorous and vivid storytelling, Durrell describes his quest to capture live animals for zoos, the challenges of working in tropical conditions, the fascinating local customs and characters he meets, and his developing relationships with both the wildlife and the people of the region.