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Group Masai with stretching-stone in ear. A Masai woman and toto . . 201 



The safari fording a stream 207 



Group A rhino family. Rhino surveying the safari. "In the middle of the 



African plain, deep in prehistoric thought" 209 



Giraffe at home 211 



Bluffs near one of our camping-places ....212 



Striped hyena trapped by Heller 213 



Mr. Roosevelt, rhino, and bustard shot from rhino 216 



Wildebeest at home . . 219 



Rhino and young .... 221 



A giant candelabra euphorbia by our camp 225 



Group The wounded lioness ready to charge. The wounded lioness . . 227 



He came on steadily ears laid back and uttering terrific coughing grunts . 229 



Drawn by Philip R. Goodwin 



Mr. Roosevelt, Tarlton, and the big lion shot by Mr. Roosevelt 233 



A rhino "coming on" 235 



Masai guides on Sotik trip 237 



The rhino stood looking at us with his big ears cocked forward ..... 240 



Rhino shot from Salt-marsh camp, of the Keitloa type, with rear horn longer 



than front horn 241 



A sick Masai boy and his father 247 



The waterhole we struck after having made a dry camp on our trek to Xai- 



vasha 249 



Camp at Lake Naivasha 250 



Water-lilies, Lake Naivasha 251 



Group \Vhat one has to shoot at when after hippo on water. Mr. Roosevelt's 



hippo charging open-mouthed 253 



Charged straight for the boat, with open jaws, bent on mischief 255 



Drawn by Philip R. Goodwin 



Group Black-backed jackal. Tree hyrax. Big gazelle buck. Pelican. 



Spotted genet. White-tailed mongoose. Porcupine. Baboon .... 259 



