List of Illustrations 



Frontispiece Portrait of the Author. 



Lion Study ..... v 



Young Dwarf Antelope . . . vii 



Armed Natives . . . . i.\ 



Black-hoofed Antelopes . . xi 



Young Dwarf Antelope . . . xii 



Gulls ....... xiii 



A Giraffe Photograph . . . i 



My " Boys'' organising a "Goina" . 2 



Bearers indulging in a Bath . . 3 



A Masai of morua-n (old man) . . 4 



Group of Masai ..... 5 



A HU'inento niori of the Velt . . 9 

 Dwarf Gazelles on the Veil . .11 



Masai Herdsmen . . . 13 



Young Masai Dancing and Singing . 17 

 Bearers on the March . . .21 



Transport Bearers in Difficulties . 21 

 The Author being Carried across a 



Swamp ...... 23 



How Mules and Asses are got across 



a River ...... 24 



Two of my Wandorobo Guides facing 42 

 A Halt of my Caravan on the Yelt . 25 

 Masai Warriors ... . . 29 

 Group of Masai . . . . -33 

 A Party of my trusty Companions . 37 

 Bearers making their way through 



high grass 41 



The Caravan on the March . . 45 



A Herd of Zebras taking Refuge from 



the Heat of the Midday Sun facing 48 

 Flamingoes on the margin of a Lake . 49 

 Flamingoes flying down to the Lake 



margin 53 



Alfred Kaiser in Arab costume . . 55 

 Group of Gnus . . . . -58 

 Nile Geese on the Natron Lake . . 58 

 A Herd of Grant's Gazelles . . 59 

 Crested Cranes and Zebras . . -59 

 A Camp on the Velt . . . -63 

 Native Settlement on the Pangani 



River . . . . . .67 



Group of Eland Antelopes . . 72 



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