ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Ship of the Desert - Frontispiece 



TO FACE PAKE 



The Ostrich at Home - - 7° 



Where the Iron Mountains Like a Leash of 

 Black Panthers spring from the Desert's 

 Northern Marge - - 134 



Oryx Resting at Noonday - 166 



The above are reproduced from water-colour drawings 

 by A. W. Standen. 



