ILLUSTRATIONS 



''On the slopes and in the bottoms were patches of magnifi- 

 cent forest" 257 



"In fact, the young ladies were quite coy and flirtatious" . 260 



Totos 261 



"The savages commenced to drift in, very haughty and 



arrogant. They were fully armed" 261 



"These chickens rode atop the loads" 268 



The Tana River 269 



Bushbuck 272 



A crocodile 273 



Ward's zebra 290 



"The plains fire behind it was blackened soil, and above it 



rolled dense clouds of smoke" 291 



"These wart-hogs are most comical brutes" 292 



A camp on the Thika River a tributary of the Tana. . . 293 



"The lioness was an unusually large one" 292 



"At twelve feet from the wounded beast we stopped" . . . 293 



Rhinoceros charging 302 



"The beast's companion refused to leave the dead body" . 302 



"The rhinoceros ... is one of Africa's unbelievable animals" 303 



"At first the traveller is pleased and curious over rhinoceros" 306 



"And departed over the hill" 306 



"At the last camp we were in nothing but palms" .... 307 

 "The babies are astonishing and amusing creatures" . . .318 



"Descended the steep bank to the river's edge" 318 



"The Hippo pool on the Tana" 319 



"Funny Face" 324 



At the Hippo Pool 325 



The dik-dik smallest of antelope 332 



Typical African ant hills 333 



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