In Wildest Africa -^ 



few implements are attached, as well as a leathern pouch 

 containing odds and ends. Their bow they hold in one 

 hand, while their quivers, filled with poisoned arrows, are 

 also fastened to their shoulders by a strap. In addition 

 they carry a sword in a primitive kind of scabbard. Thus 

 equipped they are ready to cope with all the dangers and 



A DWARF KUDU {STREPSICEROS IMBERBIS, Blyth). I HAVE NEVER YET 

 SUCCEEDED IN PHOTOGRAPHING THIS ANIMAL ALIVE AND IN FREEDOM. 

 SO FAR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH ONLY SPECIMENS WHICH 

 I HAVE SHOT. 



discomforts of the velt, and succeed somehow in coming 

 out of them victorious. 



How thoroughly the velt is known to them — every 

 corner of it ! To live on the velt for any time you must 

 be adapted by nature to its conditions. We Europeans 

 should find it as hard to become acclimatised to it as the 



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