List of Illustrations 



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River-bed Vegetation on the Veil . 331 

 A Fisherman's Bag .... 335 

 Clatter-bills .... 340, 341 

 A Marsh-land View .... 346 

 Snow-white Herons .... 347 

 A Pair of Crested Cranes . . . 349 

 A Snake-vulture .... 349 



Preparing to Skin a Hippopotamus . 352 

 Hippopotami Swimming . . . 353 

 Head of a Hippopotamus . . . 357 

 A Wandorobo Chief .... 359 

 Egyptian Geese ..... 364 

 A Wounded Buffalo .... 365 

 Hunting Record- card . . . 367 



A Sea-gull ..... 369 



A Masai throwing his Spear . . 370 

 A Hippopotamus on his way to the 



Swamp .... facing 370 

 Oryx Antelopes .... 374 



Waterbuck ..... 375 



Wandorobo Guides on the March . 380 

 A Party of Wandorobo Hunters . 381 



A Feast of Honey .... 386 

 Acacia-tree denuded by Elephants . 387 

 An Oryx Antelope's Methods of 



Defence ...... 389 



A Dwarf Kudu ..... 390 



Zebras ...... 392 



Giraffe Studies ..... 392 



Zebras on the open Velt . . . 393 

 Laden Masai Donkeys . . . 397 

 Pearl-hens on an Acacia-tree . . 393 

 A pair of Grant's Gazelles taking to 



Flight .... facing 398 

 Grant's Gazelles .... 402 



A Good Instance of Protective 



Colouring 402 



Grant's Ga/.elles . . 403, 408, 409 



Voting Masai Hartebeest . . .411 

 A Herd of Ilartebeests . . .414 

 Hartebeesls with Voung . . -415 

 Waterbuck . . . . .415 



The Skinning of an Elephant . 420, 421 

 A Missionary's Dwelling . . . 424 

 Elephants killed by the Author . 426, 427 

 Some African Trophies . . . 429 

 Black-headed Herons . . . 431 



Rhinoceros Heads . . . 434, 435 



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An Eland Bull . . . facing 438 

 An Eland, j ust before the Finishing Shot 441 

 An Eland Bull . . . . .445 

 Rhinoceroses, with and without Horns 



450> 451 

 Snapshot of a Rhinoceros at twenty 



paces 455 



Shelter from a Rhinoceros . . 459 

 An Emaciated Rhinoceros . .461 

 Specimen of Stone against which 



Rhinoceroses whet their Horns . 463 

 A " Rhino" in sitting posture facing 464 

 A Rock-pool on Kilimanjaro . . 467 

 Masai Killing a Hyena with Clubs . 470 

 The Moods of a Lion Cub . . 472, 473 

 Record of a Lion-hunt . . . 479 

 A Lion at Bay ..... 483 

 Studies of a Trapped Lion . . . 485 

 The Lion . . . had dragged the Trap 



some distance . . . facing 488 

 Carrying a Live Lion to Camp . . 489 

 A Captured Lioness .... 492 

 A Trapped Lion roaring . . . 493 

 Flashlight Photograph of a Lion . 495 

 Photograph of a Lion at five paces . 499 

 Hauling a Live Hyena into Camp . 501 

 Hyena Chained up in Camp . . 505 

 Masai making game of a Trapped Hyena 507 

 Specimens of Elephant-tusks . . 511 

 Record Elephant-tusks . . 5 T 3 

 A Store of Elephant-tusks . . . 517 

 Auk and Auk's Egg . . . . 521 

 Thicket frequented by Elephants . 5 2 5 



Veil Fires 532, 533 



An old Acacia-tree .... 537 

 Studies of Elephants in Dense Forest 



Growth .... facing 540 

 Elephants and Giraffe a Quaint Com- 

 panionship .... 544, 545 

 A Voung Lion ..... 549 

 Study in Protective "Mimicry" . 550 

 Griaffe Studies 552, 553 ; 558, 559 ; 564, 565 

 Giraffes in Characteristic Surroundings 



facing 568 



Head of a Giraffe .... 569 

 Giraffe Studies .... 574, 575 

 Giraffa schillingsi, Mtsch. . facing 576 

 Crested Cranes on the Wing . -577 



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