VIII LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Giraffes on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. A large ant 



hill is in the center of the picture 46 



This old chief and three El Moran who were with him were 



the first Masai encountered 51 



Two Masai El Moran. The warrior at the right wears a 



small milk can in his ear 51 



Three Masai El Moran outside their club 52 



Government Road in Nairobi 52 



This wise looking bird is a marabou stork 61 



Tanganyika territory. Baby bat-eared foxes 61 



Camp Simba, Tanganyika Territory 62 



Masai manyatta, or thorn-inclosed village, showing cattle 



within the protecting wall 67 



Masai women, Tanganyika. Copper and iron wire form their 



principal adornment 68 



Two lionesses near their own donga 85 



Lion and lioness on an ant hill near a water hole 86 



A white-bearded gnu, or wildebeest, on the Serengetti plains. 91 

 A giant bustard. The white boy is Ted Cottar and the 



black man a gun bearer 91 



A herd of wildebeest, or white-bearded gnu 92 



Tanganyika. Lions on a kill. They look like big peaceful 



cats that would not mind being petted 101 



These two lions must have been brothers 102 



This photograph proves that lions can climb trees 107 



A young male and two lionesses on the plains of the Serengetti 108 

 Hoefler holding up the head of a very fine water buck bull. 



The black boy is the author's gun bearer and skinner 125 



The remains of the ostrich nest which had been robbed by 



hyenas and jackals 125 



Beneath the sausage tree near the village of Chief Kitchamuli 126 

 The Ikoma warriors who were keen to spear lions until the 



actual task confronted them 131 



Mike Cottar and the author with lions which they killed the 



same morning 131 



The "Clement Hill," on Victoria Nyanza 132 



The captured cheetah, with the pishi, Ali Ramazan, holding 



the rope 132 



