List of Illustrations in \\)1. I 



A Masai Dance . . . ■ -77 

 A Herd of White! )earcled Gnus (i) 



at close quarters ; (ii) a mor^ 



distant view ; (iii) they show their 



disquiet : (iv) they decide to retreat 



f<riii/x' So 

 Effects of Ikat anil Miraije . . 8l 



A Hot Day in the (".real Kift Valley . S5 

 ( J roup of Masai ..... 87 

 Prehistoric Sketch on a Fragment of 



Ivory . . . . • .88 

 Old Picture of a female Hippopotamus 91 

 An old German Picture of the Giraffe . 93 

 Hottentot Hunters: a sketch of two 



hundred years ago . . ■ -95 



Ancient Egyptian representations of 



Giraffes and other animals . . 97 

 Sketches of Animals made by the 



Bushmen 99 



Black-tailed Antelopes running through 



high grass ..... loi 

 Bearers on the March . . -103 



A Rhinoceros moving through velt 



grass ...... 107 



Three large Gorillas shot by Captain 



Doniinick . . . . • i ' 5 

 Troop of Lions in broad daylight . 121 

 Herd of Elephants in South Africa, by 



Harris 127 



Group of Wild .\nimals at Hagen- 



beck's zoological gardens . • ijj 



Young Grant's Gazelles . . . 139 



'Mljega Monkeys . . . .140 

 A "Mbega .... facing 142 

 East African Wild Buffaloes . . 143 

 Modern Methoils of Taxidermy : Set- 

 ting up a Giraffe . . . 146-149 

 Male (iiraffe Gazelle . . . .150 

 Duarf Antelope . . • 'S^ 

 Giraffe Gazelles . . . . -15- 

 Sniiw-white Black-hoofed Antelope . 153 

 New Species of I lyena 



(Ilj'oia uhil/ivgsi) 153 

 Dwarf Musk Deer . .158 



A Pair of (iuerezas .... 159 

 Black-hoofed Antelope . . .164 



Giraffe Gazelle and Dwarf Antelope . 

 Head of an African Wart-hog 

 Xest of Ostrich's Eggs 

 Drying Ornithological specimens 

 (houp of Author's Trophies 

 Women of the Rahe Oasis . 



]-",gyptian Geese in a Swamp 



'Ihe Nyika : a .Bird's-eye View 



facing 



Ory\ Antelopes ..... 



A Velt Hillock 



The Summit of Mount 'Ngajduk 



A Look-out Place .... 



Black-hoofed Antelopes . .216, 



Black-tailed Antelopes . . 222, 



Masai Hartebeests .... 



Giraffe Gazelle ..... 



Grant's Gazelles . . facing 



f jrant's Gazelles .... 



White-bearded Gnus and Zebras taking 

 Refuge from the Midday Sun yirci;/^'- 



.'\n old Acacia ..... 



A typical Landscape . . . . 



Hungry ^'ultures . . . . 



?'lamingoes in Flight . . . 252, 



Storks on the Wing . . . . 



Storks gathering for Migration . 



Remains of Rhinoceroses 



Crested Cr.anes in Flight . 



\'ultures and Marabous 



I lerd of Waterbuck . . . . 



Oryx Antelopes . . . . . 



Grants Gazelles . . . . . 



Hartebeests near the Western 'Xdjiri 

 Swamps ...... 



Map of a Day's Movements and Ob- 

 servations . . . . . 



Flamingoes on the Margin of the 

 Natron Lake . . . . . 



A Francolin perched on a Ti\nrn-bush 



Flight of Sandfowl . . . . 



/ebras and Gnus . . facing 



An .Alarum-luraco . . . . 



Nest of Weaver-birds 



A Shrike on the Look-out . 



Brook with an Untlerground Channel 



AGE 



165 

 16S 

 169 

 174 

 175 

 '77 

 179 



200 

 204 



205 

 207 

 211 

 217 

 223 

 230 

 231 

 234 

 237 



240 

 244 

 245 

 249 

 253 

 25s 

 259 

 261 

 264 

 265 

 270 

 271 

 276 



277 

 279 



287 

 292 

 295 

 301 

 309 



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