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THE FISHING PARTy's RETURN 47 



THOMSON GAZELLES, BY FLASH-LIGHT 48 



VULTURES SCENTING CARRION 50 



MOSCHI MILITARY STATION 53 



NILE GEESE 56 



FLAMINGOES IN FLIGHT 57 



CORMORANTS DRYING THEIR PLUMAGE 58 



THE MARCH THROUGH THE SWAMPS OF THE NILE. KILIMANJARO 



IN THE BACKGROUND 59 



NILE GEESE TAKING FLIGHT 61 



VULTURE AND RAVEN 62 



A HERD OF ZEBRAS STARTLED BY THE FLASH-LIGHT .... 63 



VULTURES WATCHING THE CAMP 65 



THE AUTHOR IN HIS TENT 68 



CRANES FLYING 70 



MARABOUS AND STORKS FEEDING ON GRASSHOPPERS .... 72 



WATER-BUCKS FEEDING 75 



ZEBRAS ON THEIR WAY' TO THE BROOK 77 



THE LIONESS FORSOOK HER PREY AS THE FLASH-LIGHT FLAMED 79 

 BULL ELEPHANTS ON THE SIDE OF A HILL AT A DISTANCE 



OF THREE HUNDRED METRES 83 



PROFESSIONAL ELEPHANT HUNTERS lOI 



HIS LAST CHARGE 106 



BULL ELEPHANTS AND BULL GIRAFFE DISTANCE FOUR HUN- 

 DRED METRES 113 



MALE AND FEMALE RHINOCEROSES BATHING II9 



MALE AND FEMALE RHINOCEROSES BATHING SIDE VIEW . . 121 



THE SPECIMEN NOW IN THE COLONIAL MUSEUM, BERLIN . . . I30 



FEMALE WHITE RHINOCEROS WITH CALF I33 



A MARVEL THE TWO RHINOCEROSES FELL DEAD SIMULTANE- 

 OUSLY' 137 



WHITE RHINOCEROS CALF DRINKING I4I 



INFANT RHINOCEROS BROUGHT UP ON A BOTTLE '..... 145 



HIPPOPOTAMUS IN A SWAMP AT NIGHT 152 



VULTURE ON SKULL OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS ■ . 157 



FLAMINGOES ON THE BORDER OF A LAKE 169 



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