ILLUSTRATIONS 



"The native screamed and the snake constricted suddenly, 

 breaking nearly every bone in the man's body and crushing 

 the life out of him." Frontispiece 



"I looked up just as a black leopard sprang at us. All's spear 

 whizzed by my head, hitting the animal in the side. I fired, 

 catching him in mid-air squarely in the chest with an ex- 

 plosive bullet." Facing Page 36 



"Since the monkey cannot pull his hand out of the bottle while 

 it is doubled up and he hasn't sense enough to let go, he 

 sticks there until the hunter comes along." . Facing Page 46 



"I climbed to the platform and looked down into the trap. 

 There were sixty elephants." .... Facing Page 68 



"I felt myself spinning so rapidly that the elephant, my men 

 and the stall were all a blur; and I came up against the 

 wall with a thud. Fortunately, there was a gutter running 

 along the wall, and I dropped into it just as the elephant 

 lunged forward at me." Facing Page 88 



"We began to prod the rhinoceros He put his head 



against the wall and rooted; the wall toppled over and 



he lurched out of the pit and into the cage." Facing Page 116 



"A huge paw shot out and grabbed my ankle. I was jerked off 

 the ground, and, as I fell, my hands caught the limb of a 



tree The brute pulled. I felt myself growing 



dizzy Then Omar grabbed a club and pounded the 



Orang's arm." Facing Page 142 



"Then three of us armed with krises took positions so that we 

 should be above the seladang when he charged, and we 

 lowered the sack. He snorted and drew back." 



Facing Page 204 



