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INITIAL VIGNETTE TROPICAL LANDSCAPE, u 



EAGER TO ATTACK, BUT AFRAID, ... 12 



" HE LET FLY THREE TIMES IN SUCCESSION," 14 



LEOPARD, 16 



VIGNETTE "WAITING," .... 18 



BY THE STREAM, 18 



LEOPARD, 19 



SHIPS OF THE DESERT, 24 



A TROUBLESOME CAPTIVE, .... 27 



THE JUNGLE AND SOME OF ITS DENIZENS, . 29 



JACK HARVEY AND APACHE, .... 31 



AFRICAN Ox 32 



THE CAMP IN BECHUANA LAND, ... 36 



HARTBEEST, 38 



ONE OF THE NATIVES, 



A RUSTLING IN THE GRASS, 



LION, ...... 



A STARTLING VISIT, . . 



THE DEATH SHOT, 



" WHAT THINK OF HIM ? " 



TRIUMPHANT, 



OSTRICH HUNTING 57 



AN OVERTURN, 61 



TURNING THE TABLES 66 



A WONDERFUL FEAT, 69 



HOTTENTOT INGENUITY, 73 



THE RHEA, OR AMERICAN OSTRICH, . . 73 



THE WILD BUSHMEN, 76 



AN EFFECTIVE SHIELD 81 



THE POISONED ARROW, ..... 85 



IN COWBOY STYLE, 87 



AN AFRICAN TOBOGGAN SLIDE, .... 97 



GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS, . 99 



SKELETON OF THE GIRAFFE ?oo 



AFRICAN BUFFALO 103 



THE BISON, 105 



BUFFALO AND LION, 106 



INGRATITUDE, 109 



AN UNEXPECTED ATTACK, .... no 



AN EARNEST CONFERENCE 112 



THE SI-KING BOK, 



BLACK AND WHITE ANTELOPES, . . 



THE GNU 



THE SABER ANTELOPE 



ZEBRA ANTELOPE 



THE ELAND 



THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT, .... 



ORYX, 



THE KOODOO, 



" DOWN ! ' WHISPERED DlCK," 



IN HOT PURSUIT, ...... 



THE SPOTTED HYENA 



A WARM RECEPTION 



THE STRIPED HYENA, 



AN UNEXPECTED RECEPTION, . . . 



GONE CLEAN DAFT 



THE ADPAX 



" LOOK OUT ! HE'S GOING TO STRIKE ! " 



THE BOSCH VARK, 



ETHIOPIAN WART Hoc, .... 



THE BABIROUSSA, 



" HE FELL FROM THE BACK OF HIS STEED," 



THE QUAGGA, 



BURCHELL'S ZEBRA, 



" ME SHOW SOMETHING," 



THE TREE PORCUPINE, 



THE TUFTED-TAIL PORCUPINE, 



AN AWKWARD PET, 



" I'LL LEAVE YOU HERE, APACHE," . 



THE SECRETARY-BIRD, 



A STRANGE COMBAT, ...... 



A DISMAL REGION, ...... 



A FRIEND IN NEED, 



THE ORNITHOLOGIST, . . . . ' . 

 VIGNETTE CHAMELEON, .... 

 " THIRTY-ONE FEET, THREE INCHES," . 

 VIGNETTE SNAKE, ..-.... 



BOA-CONSTRICTOR 



A PRODUCT OF OUR OWN COUNTRY, . 



THE COBRA DE CAPEI.LO, 



Tin. HORNED SNAKE 



PAOB. 



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