[5] A contemporary review in The New York Times describes it as "full of interest and stirring incidents" and written with "a naturalness and a directness which are admirable".

[1] He was posted to Machakos Fort in the East Africa Protectorate Service where he was appointed resident to the Maasai chief and collector of Maasailand.

It contains field notes describing some East African animals and birds and photographs including one showing a "lion shot by Mrs. S.L.

Hinde, an amateur naturalist and collector, contributed African artifacts and natural history specimens to the British Museum.

[11][1] George Albert Boulenger named a species of venomous snake Montatheris hindii in honour of Sidney Hinde.

[3]: 191 Hinde's babbler (Turdoides hindei), a species of bird endemic to Kenya, was named in his honour by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1900.