With Flashlight and Rifle h^ 



Among the other smrill animals ot prey in East Africa 

 we find some beautitui wild cats and lynxes. Among 

 the cat tribe the serval {Fc/is serra/) is much more 

 common than the leopard. It is a long-limbed kind of 

 cat, with black spots on a yellow ground, which frequents 

 the bushes. The serval is an animal of nocturnal habits. 

 I often managed to secure specimens in traps, but 





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only occasionally did I happen upon one by day. It 

 was long before I succeeded in catching- a perfectly 

 black specimen. 



On the occasions ot my numerous elephantdiunts to 

 the west of Kilimanjaro I came upon a very shy 

 black cat at a certain spot continually. It was at a point 

 on the high velt at a height of about 7,000 feet. 

 While waiting for the elephants to make their appearance 



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