In Wildest Africa ^ 



Although grown jackals may be fairly easily brought 

 over to Europe, we had great difficulty with members of 

 the more noble feline race, and above all with the King 

 of Beasts himself I learnt by experience that lynxes and 

 wild cats were only to be tamed with great difficulty, 

 and 1 once lost a captive lynx very suddenly in spite of 

 every care. 



These things are not so simple. This is why it is 

 not yet possible to bring many of the most charming and 

 most interesting members of the African animal world to 

 Europe. I much wish that it were possible to bring full- 

 grown lions over. I would far rather see one or two of 

 them in all their native wildness and majesty than a whole 

 troop of home-reared and almost domesticated specimens. 



But the hours I devoted to my own attempts in this 

 direction were not spent in vain. They were memorable 

 hours, full of splendid excitement. 



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