viii ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 



The country outside the elephant forest 278 



The upper Tana River near Fort Hall 278 



The base camp in the elephant forest 279 



One of the "Derobo" elephant hunters 284 



Savages in the elephant forest 284 



N'jahgi (reader's right) and his head assistant . . . 284 

 Mt. Kenia. It is very difficult to get a picture of this 



mountain owing to the mists that enshroud it . . 284 

 The mists closing down on Kenia five minutes after the 



other photograph was taken 284 



Typical elephant forest 285 



Typical elephant cover 306 



Camp in the forest after the elephant kill . . . 306 



''Chopping out'' the ivory 307 



Carrying out the ivory 307 



