CONTENTS 



OHAITKR I'AGE 



1. A RAILROAD THROUGH THE PLKISTOCENE - - 1 



II. ON AX EAST AFRICAN RANCH - - - - 30 



III. LION-HUNTING ON THE KAPITI PLAINS - - - 57 



IV. ON SAFARI : RHINO AND GIRAFFES - - - 80 



V, JUJA FARM : HIPPO AND LEOPARD - - - 104 



VI. A BUFFALO HUNT liY THE KAMITI - - - 125 



VII. TREKKING THROUGH THE THIRST TO THE SOTIK - - 144 



VIII. HUNTING IN THE SOTIK - - - -169 



IX. TO LAKE NAIVASHA - - . - - 195 



X. ELEPHANT-HUNTING ON MOUNT KENIA - - - 22S 



XI. THE GUASO NYERO : A RIVER OF THE EQUATORIAL 



DESERT ------ 265 



xii. to the uasin gishu ----- 315 



xiii. uganda, and the great nyanza lakes - - 363 



xiv. the great rhinoceros of the lado - - - 387 



xv. down the nile : the giant eland - - - 430 



addresses delivered in cairo and london on great 



Britain's responsibilities in egypt - - 460 



appendix a. personal acknowledgments - - - 483 



appendix b. list of small >l\mmals - .- - 484 



APPENDIX C. LORING's NOTES .... 494 



APPENDIX D. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY^ OF MOUNT KENIA - - 499 



APPENDIX E. PROTECTIVE COLORATION IN ANIMALS - - 501 



APPENDIX F. THE PKJSKIN LIBRARY - - - - 521 



INDEX - - - - - - - 529 



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