ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE SHIP OF THE DESERT - Frontispiece 



TO FACE PA 



THE OSTRICH AT HOME - 70 



WHERE THE IRON MOUNTAINS LIKE A LEASH OF 

 BLACK PANTHERS SPRING FROM THE DESERT'S 

 NORTHERN MARGE 134 



ORYX RESTING AT NOONDAY - 166 



The above are reproduced from water-colour drawings 

 by A. W. Standen. 



