With Flashlight and Rifle -* 



Right and left; on our path, trees of vast strength 

 are to be seen broken like bits of straw, showing where 

 a herd of elephants have made their way. Large holes in 

 the ground are come upon, which have been made by the 

 elephants in the wet season, and which remain visible for 

 a year or more. There is not a little danger of falling into 

 these, because of the thick grass. Wherever the explorer 

 sets his foot he always finds something new, something 

 full of meaning. 



The rhinoceros, too, leaves his mark. For many miles 

 long tracks, which cross and recross, are found leading to 

 watering-places. These tracks are especially noticeable 

 in the vicinity of the pools and streams, and gradually 

 get lost in the distance. And like the elephant, 

 the rhinoceros levies toll upon the shrubs and thorn- 

 bushes. 



The East African wilderness varies in its formation. 

 It is sometimes flat, sometimes undulating, or sharply 

 broken by more or less high hills, steep rocks, mounds, and 

 inclines. In the volcanic region of the great mountain 

 Kilimanjaro a whole range of mountains rises from the 

 plateau. The highest point of Kilimanjaro, the Kibo 

 peak, reaches over 6,000 metres. This peak is perpetually 

 covered with snow and ice, whilst Mawenzi, which comes 

 next to it in height, is only covered intermittently. Its 

 summit, which rises sharply in the air, is connected with 

 Kibo by a ridge 5,000 metres high. Less than sixty years 

 ago, when the missionary Rebmann brought the first news 

 of this glacier-world under the equatorial sun, the learned 

 declared it to be a product of his imagination. Ice and 



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