Pip Beverly left school in England when he was fourteen and went with his family to Kenya in 1924. 'Under our Double Terais' is his account of the struggles to make a living on a coffee farm surrounded by large wild animals at Nyeri, 100 miles to the north of Nairobi. His sense of humour is evident in the descriptions of the colourful characters he met and his own adventures and attempts to support himself and his family as a professional hunter before...