ILLUSTRATIONS 



'' Unfortunately, one of these terrific Blows, very 

 probably the first aimed at the leopard which 



SEIZED THE CaLF, HAD STRUCK THE LITTLE CREATURE 



ON THE Loins and broken its Back" . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



" He had evidently been sitting or lying by a 



Fire when caught" 53 



Plate showing Differences in the Development of 

 THE Mane in Lions inhabiting a comparatively 

 small Area of Country in South Africa . . 76 



"A picked Man of dauntless Heart . . . would 



RUSH forward alone ...''. . . . -93 



''On the second Night they once more left it 



alone, but on the third they devoured it" . 103 



" Such old Buffalo Bulls were very slow about 



getting out of one's way" . . . . .146 



Photographs of a Struggle between a Rhinoceros 

 AND A Crocodile : 



No. I. Shows the Rhinoceros holding its own, but 



unable to reach the bank . . . .202 



No. 2. Shows the Rhinoceros still struggling-, but in 



deeper water ...... 202 



No. 3. Shows the Rhinoceros after it had turned 

 round, and just before it got into deep 

 water and was pulled under . . . 202 



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