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Whydah birds' dancing-ring 155 



Heatley and a buffalo path 157 



Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt with the first buffalo 161 



Cuninghame, Kermit, Mr. Roosevelt, Heller, and Heatley at buffalo camp . 163 



It was not a nice country in which to be charged by the herd, and for a 



moment things trembled in the balance 165 



Drawn by Philip R. Goodwin 



Third buffalo bull shot in the swamp . . 168 



Porters dancing when breaking camp at Kamiti 171 



Heller preparing to send off game heads of the first five weeks' shooting . . 172 



Mr. Roosevelt after luncheon with the head missionary 175 



Group The safari on the march. Ulyate and eland calf brought in by Masai 1 76 



An askari on duty 177 



Group The ox wagons trekking through the scrub. The porter-harper and 



his native harp 180 



A halt 183 



Every one rested under the fly-tent at noon in the trek through the thirst . . 184 



Watering the oxen. Taking their last drink for three days .... . 185 



Group Waxbills. Courser. Elephant shrew. Springhaas. Dikdik Serval 



kitten. Banded mongoose. Colobus monkey 187 



A wounded wildebeest 188 



A Colobus monkey 189 



Group A wounded tommy. Head of the old bull eland 191 



Giant Masai warriors and an average-sized porter . .... . . 193 



Topi (shot by Kermit) . . . ... . 194 



The big lion shot by Kermit 195 



Tarlton, and cheetah shot by Kermit Roosevelt . . 196 



A wart-hog shot by Kermit Roosevelt . 198 



Extreme form of Roberts' gazelle 200 



