PREFATORY NOTE 



This collection of African stories has no pretentious 

 purpose. It is merely the record of a most delightful hunt- 

 ing trip into those fascinating regions along the Equator, 

 where one may still have "thrilling adventures" and live in 

 a story-book atmosphere, where the "roar of the lion" and 

 the "crack of the rifle" are part of the every-day life, and 

 where in a few months one may store up enough material 

 to keep the memory pleasantly occupied all the rest of a 

 lifetime. The stories are descriptive of a four-and-a-half 

 months' trip in the big game country and pretend to no 

 more serious purpose than merely to relate the experiences of 

 a self-confessed amateur under such conditions. 



JOHN T. McCUTCHEON 



August, 1910 



