List of Illustrations in Vol. I 



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Flamingoes on the Wing . . .92 



A Pelican 94 



The Caravan on the March . . 95 

 Cormorants . . . . -97 



Egyptian Geese 99 



Vultuies ...... 103 



Tropical Vegetation near the Coast . 105 

 Two Huge Pythons .... 106 



Marching through Inundated Swamps 107 

 Vultures ...... 108 



Zebras drinking at Night . . .109 

 Vultures and Marabous fraternising . 112 

 Kingfishers looking out for Small Fish 1 13 

 Marabous and White Storks . . 115 

 A Large Flock of Guinea-fowl . .117 

 Crested Cranes in Flight . . .118 

 Old Bulls acting as Sentries to Herds 

 of Gnus . . . . . .120 



The Author in his Tent . . .121 

 Bustard in Flight . . . -125 



Vultures 127 



Waterbuck gra/ing in the Open . .129 

 A Pair of Large Vultures . . . 131 

 Zebras . . . . . . 135 



Yelt Vegetation in the Rainy Season . 138 

 A Lioness and her Prey . . . 139 

 Candelabra Euphorbia-trees . . 141 

 Two Large Bull Elephants. . . 143 

 A Wonderful Elephant- tusk . . 145 

 Armed Natives (" Fundi '') . . 151 

 A Caravan Load of Elephant-tusks . 157 

 Removing the Skin of an Elephant . 165 

 Distant View of Kilimanjaro . .168 

 Orgeich and the Carriers preparing an 



Elephant-skin . . . -171 



Herd of Elephants . . . . 175 



Mimosa-trees broken down by Ele- 

 phants 177 



Another Instance of a Broken Mimosa- 

 tree 181 



A Dried -up Stream . . . .183 



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Elephant Skull and Bones . . . 187 

 A Huge Dead Elephant . . .189 

 Scraping the Bed of a Dried-up Stream 



for Water 193 



Elephant-tusks 197 



Young Elephant . . . . . 199 

 Two Bull Elephants and a Bull Giraffe 201 

 Skull of an Elephant .... 203. 

 View on the Xjiri Swamps during the 



Inundations ..... 204 

 Rhinoceroses bathing . . . 206, 207 

 Remains of a Rhinoceros . . .211 

 Rhinoceros photographed at a Distance 



of i 20 Paces .... 

 Rhinoceros settling down . 

 Rhinoceros with Birds on its Back 

 Rhinoceroses charging 

 Two Dead Rhinoceroses 

 Rhinoceros throwing up its Head 

 Cow Rhinoceros with her Young 

 Four Photographs of Rhinoceroses 



under a Tree .... 234. 235 

 Dead Cow Rhinoceros . . . 237 

 Dead Bull Rhinoceros . . . 239 

 Acacia Volt . . . . .241 

 Stormy Weather in the Nj-ika Country 244 

 Young Rhinoceros drinking in a Swamp 245 

 Dead Bull Rhinoceros . . . 249 

 Young Rhinoceros taking his Milk . 251 

 Another Photograph of the Above . 255 

 Young Rhinoceros, with Goats and 



Mbega Monkey .... 257 

 Dead Cow Rhinoceros with her Young 



One beside her .... 259 

 Sno\v-white Herons and Black-and- 



White Ibises . . . . .261 

 Old Bull Hippopotamus . . . 263 

 Mawenzi Mountain and Kilimanjaro . 265 

 Young Cow Hippopotamus . . 269 

 Dragging the Body of a Hippopotamus 

 3 out of a Pond ..... 273 



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