ILLUSTRATIONS 



My First Lion ..... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Map Showing Locality in which Game is Found . xxiv 



Nzoia Veldt Lily 6 



Australian Moon Flower (Datura) ... 6 



Water Gate of Old Fort, Mombassa . . . 12 

 Ruins of Old Portuguese Fort at Harbour Entrance, 



Mombassa ....... 12 



Strong Men (Porters) Going to Bathe ... 30 



Hairdressing Extraordinary. My Dandies . . 30 



Kikuyu Porter ....... 30 



In the Mau Forest 56 



The Grass is Long Beyond the Nzoia (October) . 56 



What a Storm on the Nzoia Can Do to a Strong Tent 70 



First Lion of the Party, and Momba, the Gunbearer 



He Mauled 78 



A Good Lion After a Good Ride ... 94 



A Laikipia Lioness ...... 94 



Lion Cub ....... 94 



Fine Lioness ....... 94 



Falls of the Athi River 108 



Water-Buck on the Nzoia . . . . .124 



Wild Dog Photograph Taken at a Few Feet Distant 124 



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