240 After Big Game in Central Africa 



of birds and innumerable parrots. Hippopotami, 

 lamantins, and aquatic birds are found there in large 

 quantities. 



Precious collections for museums are to be made 

 there; and the hunter can easily judge from what I 

 have told him incidentally of the resources offered 

 him by the Congo, that magnificent country of the 

 future. It is not unlikely that I shall return there 

 some day to make myself better acquainted with the 

 inhabitants of its forests. 



And now let us conclude my big-game shooting of 

 1896 and 1897. 



