-* Collection of Kast African Mammals 



The ravages of insects and the damp atmosphere have 

 to be fought against. There are long weeks ot anxiety 

 before the goal is reached. 



All this trouble,-, to say nothing of the considerable 

 expense, is involved in the bringing home in good con- 

 dition ot a snig/c such specimen ; but Schillings has brought 

 home quite a number ot giraffes, buffaloes, rhinoceroses, 



and elephants, a great number ot large antelopes, and 

 hundreds ot hides and skins and skeletons of every descrip- 

 tion, all of them in such good condition that they are 

 suitable tor exhibition in museums. 



In this way he has made it possible to determine the 

 lact that these great I ngulata differ essentially in various 

 particulars from those to be found in other parts ot Africa, 

 and that all these families are divided into secies conuncd 



