LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 



NO. PAGE 



1. "TiiE ANIMAL GAVE HIM A TREMENDOUS BLOW" . . 24 



2. HUNTERS FOLLOWED BY A BEAR . . . ... 36 



3. "TllE FlN WALKS STRAIGHT UP TO THE ENCOUNTER 5 ' . . 43 



I. "HE HIT THE BEAR A LITTLE ABOVE THE EYE" ... 48 



5. "R DESPATCHED HER WITH A BALL BEHIND THE EAR" . 57 



6. "IlE COULD NOT FIRE, FOR THE MAN AND THE TlGER WERE 



SO ENTANGLED " . . . . . . . .61 



7. THE LION OF SOUTH AFRICA 67 



8. "THEY HEARD HIM BREAKING THE BONES OF THE ANIMAL". 69 



9. "HE STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND TO SEIZE HIS GUN " . . 83 



10. "AN OLD MALE KEEPS SENTRY" ...... 100 



11. "HE OWED ins SAFETY TO A LARGE FRAGMENT OF HOCK" . 107 



12. THE GIRAFFE 109 



13. "IF HE CAN REACH DEEP WATER, HE PLUNGES IN " . . 121 



14. "ON THE RIVES BASK THE MOTHER SHOWED HERSELF" . 131 



15. '''THE HUNTER WAS TOSSED IN THE AIR" .... 144 



16. "HE TORE AWAY THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY" . .156 



17. "TuE OLD MALE STUMBLED, AND FELL ON ins KNEES" . 169 



18. HERD OF ELEPHANTS . . 18S 



19. "THE DUKE DISCHARGED BOTH BARRELS IN QUICK SUCCESSION" 201 



20. "THE OSTRICH THEN TURNED ITS BLOWS AGAINST SI-MOHAM- 



MED" 219 



21. CROCODILES ON THE MUD-BANKS OF THE GUAYAQUIL 238 



22.FlGHT BETWEEN THE CAYMAN AND THE JAGUAR . . 245 



