CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I PAGE 



Newfoundland Caribou . . ... 3 



CHAPTER II 



Newfoundland (continued) . . ... 20 



CHAPTER HI 



West Coast of Africa Cape Coast Castle Krooboys New 

 Benin Nana Alluma Old Calabar Collecting butterflies 

 Driver ants . . . ... 32 



CHAPTER IV 



West Coast of Africa (continued) Crocodiles Manatee Mayflies 



Natives Ju-ju Hausa troops Trip after elephants . 44 



CHAPTER V 



West Coast of Africa Nimbi war palaver Sacrifice Island The 

 fight The Island of Ascension Rollers Turtle-turning 

 Wide-awake Fair St. Helena Longwood Dinizulu A 

 huge tortoise . . . ... 56 



CHAPTER VI 



Cape Town Beira Fontesvilla The Begamiti flats Wilde- 

 beest Lions Zebras Death of Jack Novel hya?na trap . 72 



CHAPTER VII 



East Africa, Beira, Chimoio Fire at Lloyd's Store Umtali A 

 saddle-ox Salisbury Marandella's Locusts Eland and 

 sable antelope The honey-bird Lion-bait . . . 85 



