List of Illustrations in Vol. I 



Frontispiece : Portrait of the Author . 

 A Bull Giraffe on the qui vive . . ix 

 Euphorbia-tree .... xxviii 

 Gnus roaming over the Velt . . I 

 Candelabra Euphorbia-trees . . 3 

 Skeleton of a Rhinoceros ... 5 

 Some Remaikable Specimens of Ele- 

 phant-tusks and Rhinoceros-horns . 7 

 Elephant Skull and Bones . . .11 

 Egyptian Geese on the Wing . . 15 

 One of my Cameras . . . . 17 

 Orgeich setting the Men to Work . 20 

 Lioness stealing upon an Ox . 23, 24 

 My Photographic Equipment . . 26 

 The Effect of the Flashlight . . 28 

 Storks wintering in Masai-Nyika . 32 

 " Fatima," a Young Rhinoceros, and 



her Messmate, the Goat . . -34 

 Marabous with the Cook . . -36 

 Tame Birds wandering about the Camp 38 

 Marabous and Vultures . . .40 

 A Long Line of Waterspouts . . 42 

 Scene on the Rufu River . . .43 

 Look-out over Nyika . . . -45 

 Drinking-places in the Rocky Districts 



of the Velt 47 



Typical Bit of Succulent Velt Vegeta- 

 tion in the Rainy Season . . 49 



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Kilimanjaro, with the Kaiser Wilhelm 

 Peak . ... . .51 



Bit of the Succulent Velt with Pyren- 



acantha inah'ifolia . * -53 



Bit of the so-called Thorny "Fruit 



Garden" Velt ..'..' -55 

 White-ant Hill on the Velt near the 

 Coast .. .. .. .. .,' . 56 



Thorn-bush on the Velt . . -57 

 Arab Dhows . . . .. . . 59 



Cape Guardafui , . . .60 

 Askaris being put through their Exer- 

 cises at Tanga 6 1 



Prince Johannes Lowenstein and the 

 Author ...... 64 



A Flock of White Storks . .67 



Storks taking to Flight . . .69 

 Mire-drums and Black-headed Herons 71 

 A Pair of Thomson's Gazelles . . 73 



Darters 75 



Herons ...... 77 



A Big Haul of Fish . . . .79 



Oryx Antelopes 81 



Vultures on the Wing . . . -83 

 Tantulus Ibises in a Swamp . . 85 

 The Military Station at Moshi . . 87 

 Egyptian Geese on the Swamps . . 90 

 The Velt in the Rainy Season . .91 



