WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



I have seen only two specimens of the fish-otter near 

 the Kingani ; near the Victoria Lake I could secure furs 

 only from the natives. 



All these comparatively small beasts easily escape 

 our notice in the wilderness of Africa, and this is not 



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to be wondered at. To meet them all and' study their 

 ways is the task of a lifetime. In our own well-popu- 

 lated country, we do not find it easy to get even a 

 passing glimpse of the marten, the iltis, the wild-cat, 

 the otter, and the fox. In Africa their cousins may be 

 more numerous, but then they have a large field and 

 inaccessible hiding-jDlaces. 



