TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Twelve Thousand Miles 1 



II. Sheik Ali Ben Salim 23 



III. Horns and Thorns 37 



IV. Prowlers of the Plains 54 



V. The Lions of Tanganyika 79 



VI. Victoria Nyanza 110 



VII. The Endless Veldt 137 



VIII. Spear and Shield 159 



IX. Winged Death 187 



X. Into the Great Rift 213 



XL Beyond the Hills 239 



XII. Last Days on the Serengetti 269 



XIII. Source of the Nile 293 



XIV. White Rhinoceroses 310 



XV. Pygmies of the Ituri Forest 329 



XVI. Heart of the Congo 353 



XVIL* The Strange Village of Kiya Be. . . 373 



XVIII. Plateau of the Pagans 392 



XIX. Farewell to Africa 415 



Glossary of African Words 443 



Dictionary of African Animals 449 



Index 457 



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