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The Bafut Beagles

1954 · 20th century

The Bafut Beagles is a 1954 book by the British naturalist Gerald Durrell, describing his animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroon Grassfields in 1949. Much of it is set at the court of the Fon of Bafut, Achirimbi II, whose hospitality and personality the book made widely known. It became one of Durrell's most popular works.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). The Bafut Beagles. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/the-bafut-beagles
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“The Bafut Beagles.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/the-bafut-beagles. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “The Bafut Beagles.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/the-bafut-beagles.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘The Bafut Beagles’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/the-bafut-beagles (Accessed: ).

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