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A Herd of White-bearded Gnus . -73 

 A Masai Dance . . . . 77 

 A Herd of White-bearded Gnus (i) 



at close quarters ; (ii) a more 



distant view ; (iii) they show their 



disquiet ; (iv) they decide to retreat 



facing 80 



Effects of Heat and Mirage . . Si 

 A Hot Day in the Great Rift Valley . 85 

 Group of Masai ..... 87 

 Prehistoric Sketch on a Fragment of 



Ivory 88 



Old Picture of a female Hippopotamus 91 

 An old German Picture of the Giraffe . 93 

 Hottentot Hunters: a sketch of two 



hundred years ago . . . -95 

 Ancient Egyptian representations of 



Giraffes and other animals . . 97 

 Sketches of Animals made by the 



Bushmen 99 



Black-tailed Antelopes running through 



high grass . . . . . 101 

 Bearers on the March . . .103 



A Rhinoceros moving through veil 



grass . . . . . .107 



Three large Gorillas shot by Captain 



Dominick . . . . -US 

 Troop of Lions in broad daylight . 121 

 Herd of Elephants in South Africa, by 



Harris 127 



Group of Wild Animals at llagen- 



beck's zoological gardens . -133 

 Young Grant's Gazelles . . . 139 

 'Mbega Monkeys .... 140 

 A 'Mbega .... fo<-'i>ig 142 

 East African Wild Buffaloes . . 143 

 Modern Methods of Taxidermy : Set- 

 ting up a Giraffe . . . 146-149 

 Male Giraffe Gazelle . . . .150 

 Dwarf Antelope . .... 152 



Giraffe Ga/elles 152 



Snow-white Black-hoofed Antelope . 153 

 New Species of Hyena 



{Hyena schillingsi) 153 

 Dwarf Musk Deer . . , .158 

 A 1'air of Guerezas .... 159 

 Black-hoofed Antelope . . . 164 

 Giraffe Gazelle and Dwarf Antelope . 165 



Head of an African Wart-hog 

 Nest of Ostrich's Eggs 

 Drying Ornithological specimens 

 Group of Author's Trophies 

 Women of the Rahe Oasis . 

 Egyptian Geese in a Swamp 

 The Nyika : a Bird's-eye View 



facing 

 Oryx Antelopes ..... 



A Velt Hillock 



The Summit of Mount 'Ngaptuk 



A Look-out Place .... 



Black-hoofed Antelopes . .216, 

 Black-tailed Antelopes . . 222, 

 Masai Hartebeests .... 



Giraffe Gazelle ..... 



Grant's Gazelles . . facing 



Grant's Gazelles .... 



White-bearded Gnus and Zebras taking 



Refuge from the Midday Sun facing 



An old Acacia ..... 



A typical Landscape .... 



Hungry Vultures .... 



Flamingoes in Flight . . . 252, 

 Storks on the Wing .... 



Storks gathering for Migration . 



Remains of Rhinoceroses . 



Crested Cranes in Flight 



Vultures and Marabous 



Herd of Waterbuck .... 



Oryx Antelopes ..... 



Grant's Gazelles ..... 



Hartebeests near the Western 'Ndjiri 

 Swamps ...... 



Map of a Day's Movements and Ob- 

 servations ..... 



Flamingoes on the M 



Natron Lake . 

 A Franco! in perched 



bush 283 



Flight of Sand fowl . . . .287 

 Xebras and Gnus . . fiifiX' 292 

 An Alarum-turaco .... 295 

 Nest of Weaver-birds . . . 301 



A Shrike on the Look-out . . . 309 

 Hrook with an Underground Channel 315 

 Spurred Geese . . . . 3'9 

 Views of Kilimanjaro . 322. 323, 327 



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