viii After Big Game in Central Africa 



More used to handling a rifle than a pen, I shall be 

 pardoned my faults of style. 



In order not to repeat what I have said on the 

 subject of wild animals and their habits, I refer 

 the reader to my previous work, already mentioned. 

 May he live over again with me the happiest 

 days of my life as a hunter, and experience a little 

 the feelings through which I myself have passed ! 



PARIS, February 1899. 



