A\'ith I'hishlight :uul Rifle ^ 



alwciys ready to barter vegetables for animals I had 

 killed. 



In addition to pecuniary sacrifices, I had, more- 

 over, to face the en\y and disfavour with which all 

 prixate travellers are apt to be regarded in our German 

 colonies. 



Where an unexplored region full of wild life is in 

 question, the interests ot the explorer and collector 

 should always be put bef )re those of the sportsman. It 

 is infinitely easier to shiughter whole hosts of big game 

 with the help of Askaris than it is to prepare a single 

 giraffe-skin and conxev it in safety to Europe. This 

 is a laborious task, needing much personal supervision 

 and involving several days' work — work that at times goes 

 on all night. The lack of careful handling and expert 

 knovv^ledge in the preparatiori of skins is the reason why 

 serviceable zoological specimens hardly ever reach us in 

 Europe. 



The recognition I have been accorded by the authorities 

 in the field of zoology enal)les me to treat the slanderous 

 reports of some of our colonial traders with the contempt 

 they deserve. 



It has been a great satisfaction to mc- to tnul " m\- 

 animals" restored l^y expert taxidermists in German 

 museums — from the smallest dwart antelope to the girafie, 

 from the rock l)adger to the rhinoceros and the elcpiiant. 

 These stufled specimens are the only possiljje substitute 

 for the reality for those who can never see with their 

 own eyes the life and growth of the animal kingdom 

 in foreign climes. 



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