CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVII 



HINTS ON AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE PRESERVING 



OF TROPHIES 



PAGES 



The importance and pleasure of wild-animal photography — 

 Great patience and skill required — A rather dangerous 

 undertaking — What cameras to take — The telephoto ap- 

 paratus — American or foreign makes? — Underexposing 

 general in the beginning — The advisability of taking films 

 or plates — The developing machines — How to skin an 

 animal properly — The most necessary measurements — 

 DiflFerent ways of curing the skins — Various kinds of 

 trophies — Our obligations to science and coming genera- 

 tions 275-286 



CHAPTER XVIII 



GENERAL OUTFIT AND ROUTE OF TRAVEL 



A sufficient yet not too bulky outfit — The all-important tent — 

 Necessary provisions — Practical hunting clothes — Boots 

 and leggings — Underclothes and stockings — Camp furni- 

 ture — Cooking utensils — The emergency tent — The best 

 armament — Small or big bore guns? — The telescope and 

 the gun silencer — The shotgun — Ways of reaching 

 Mombasa . 287-298 



CHAPTER XIX 



RETROSPECT AND CONCLUSION 



Ex-President Roosevelt on big game hunting in British East 

 Africa — Is the big game threatened with extermination ? — 

 The native as big game hunter — Firearms and natives — 

 Many hunting parties — Three good rules for sportsmen — 

 The characteristic game of plains, bush, and forest — The 

 probable future of East Africa as a big game country — 

 The charm of the chase 299-305 



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