Instantaneous Pli()t();^nn)lis of Wild IJfe 



silent Riifu Ri\LT. Were it not for his zealous nursing, 

 and that of the staff-physician, Dr. Groothuten, as 

 well as of my friend Captain Merker, I should have 

 died. 



But I look upon those days of suffering- and strenuous 

 work, in that fir-oH' wilderness as the right inauguration 

 for my project. 



