With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



always ready to barter vegetables for animals I had 

 killed. 



In addition to pecuniary sacrifices, I had, more- 

 over, to face the envy and disfavour with which all 

 private travellers are apt to be regarded in our German 

 colonies. 



Where an unexplored region full of wild life is in 

 question, the interests of the explorer and collector 

 should always be put before those of the sportsman. It 

 is infinitely easier to slaughter whole hosts of big game 

 with the help of Askaris than it is to prepare a single 

 giraffe-skin and convey it in safety to Europe. This 

 is a laborious task, needing much personal supervision 

 and involving several days' work work that at times goes 

 on all night. The lack of careful handling and expert 

 knowledge in the preparation of skins is the reason why- 

 serviceable zoological specimens hardly ever reach us in 

 Europe. 



The recognition I have been accorded by the authorities 

 in the field of zoology enables me to treat the slanderous 

 reports of some of our colonial traders with the contempt 

 they deserve. 



It has been a great satisfaction to me to find "my 

 animals " restored by expert taxidermists in German 

 museums from the smallest dwarf antelope to the giraffe, 

 from the rock badger to the rhinoceros and the elephant. 

 These stuffed specimens are the only possible substitute 

 for the reality for those who can never see with their 

 own eyes the life and growth of the animal kingdom 

 in foreign climes. 



