LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Trophy room of the author . . . frontispiece 



We waited patiently to see the camels slung 



aboard by the crane .... Facing page 56 



Scenes in Mombasa ...... , ; 72 



Portuguese fort and Arab quarter, Mombasa 80 



Then suddenly we found ourselves in a 



story-book tropical paradise ,, 96 



The Sable ,,104 



Inside a fence before the low, stone-built, 



wide-verandahed hotel . . . ,,128 



The control station , ,,136 



Kongoni . ,, 152 



Spying for lions from the kopjes . . ,, ,,160 



The first lioness, the Hills, and Captain 



Duirs ....... 168 



The desert of the Serengetti . . 224 



Scenes on the Tsavo River 240 



Bushbuck a very shy bush-dwelling ani- 

 mal. This photograph is most unusual 248 



The Lesser Kudu , 256 



