CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



The Country and Its History i 



CHAPTER H 

 Derivation of the Fauna, Geographically and Paleonto- 



LOGICALLY l^ 



CHAPTER HI 



The Flora of East and Middle Africa and Its Relation to 



the Fauna 35 



CHAPTER IV 



Concealing and Revealing Coloration and Their Relation 



TO Natural Selection 54 



CHAPTER V 

 Game Preserves 149 



CHAPTER VI 

 The Lion 161 



CHAPTER VII 

 The Leopard and the Cheetah 229 



CHAPTER VIII 

 The Spotted Hyena, Striped Hyena, and Hunting Dog . . ^251 



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