LION STUDY. 



Preface 



1 NEVER dreamed that my book JJ'ith Flashlight 

 and Rifle — alike in its German and its English and 

 American editions — would receive everywhere so kind a 

 welcome, or that it would make for me so many new 

 friends, both at home and abroad. 



I have been encouraged by this success to give a fresh 

 series of my studies of African wild life and of my " Nature 

 Documents," as Dr. Ludwig Heck has designated my 

 photographs, in the present work. 



I should like to express my gratitude once again to 

 all those who, in one way or another, have furthered my 

 labours in connection with these two books, especially to 

 Dr. Heck himself and the other men of eminence and 

 learning whose names I mentioned in my preface to ]]'ith 

 Flashlight and Rifle. A complete list of all my kind 

 helpers and well-wishers would " be too long to print here. 

 I am deeply indebted, too, to the many correspondents — 



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