List of Illustrations 



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River-bed Vegetation on the Velt . 331 

 A Fisherman's Bag .... 335 

 Clatter-bills .... 340, 341 



A Marsh-land View .... 346 

 Snow-white Herons .... 347 

 A Pair of Crested Cranes . . . 349 

 A Snake-vulture .... 349 



Preparing to Skin a Hippopotamus . 352 

 Hippopotami Swimming . . . 353 

 Head of a Hippopotamus . . . 357 



A Wandorobo Chief .... 359 



Egyptian Geese 364 



A Wounded Buffalo .... 365 

 Hunting Record- card . . . 367 



A Sea-gall 369 



A Masai throwing his Spear . . 370 

 A Hippopotamus on his way to the 



Swamp .... facing 370 

 Oryx Antelopes .... 374 



Waterbuck 375 



Wandorobo Guides on the March . 380 

 A Party of Wandorobo Hunters , 381 



A Feast of Honey .... 386 

 Acacia-tree denuded by Elephants . 387 

 An Oryx Antelope's Methods of 



Defence 389 



A Dwarf Kudu ..... 390 



Zebras 392 



Giraffe Studies 392 



Zebras on the open Velt . . -393 

 Laden Masai Donkeys . . . 397 

 Pearl-hens on an Acacia-tree . . 393 

 A pair of Grant's Gazelles taking to 



403, 



Flight . 

 Grant's Gazelles 

 A Good Instance of 



Colouring 

 Grant's Gazelles 

 Young Masai Hartebeest . 

 A Herd of Hartebeests 

 Hartebeests with Young 

 Waterbuck 



The Skinning of an Elephant 

 A Missionary's Dwelling . 

 Elephants killed by the Author 

 Some African Trophies 

 Black-headed Herons 

 Rhinoceros Heads 



facing 39S 

 . 402 

 Protective 



. 402 

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 411 

 414 

 415 

 415 

 421 



• 424 

 426, 427 



. 429 



• 431 

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420, 



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An Eland Bull . . . facing 438 

 An Eland, just before the Finishing Shot 441 



An Eland Bull 445 



Rhinoceroses, with and without Horns 



450> 

 Snapshot of a Rhinoceros at twenty 



paces 



Shelter from a Rhinoceros 

 An Emaciated Rhinoceros 

 Specimen of Stone against which 



Rhinoceroses whet their Horns 

 A "Rhino" in sitting posture facing 

 A Rock-pool on Kilimanjaro 

 Masai Killing a Hyena with Clubs 

 The Moods of a Lion Cub . . 472, 

 Record of a Lion-hunt 

 A Lion at Bay .... 

 Studies of a Trapped Lion . 

 The Lion . . . had dragged the Trap 



some distance . . . f (icing 

 Carrying a Live Lion to Camp . 

 A Captured Lioness . 

 A Trapped Lion roaring 

 Flashlight Photograph of a Lion 

 Photograph of a Lion at five paces 

 Hauling a Live Hyena into Camp 

 Hyena Chained up in Camp 



451 



455 

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463 

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 470 

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 479 

 483 

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489 

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 501 

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Masai makinggameofa Trapped Hyena 507 

 Specimens of Elephant-tusks . • 5^^ 

 Record Elephant-tusks . . -5^3 

 A Store of Elephant-tusks . . . 517 

 Auk and Auk's Egg . . . .521 

 Thicket frequented by Elephants . 525 



Velt Fires 532, 533 



An old Acacia-tree .... 537 

 Studies of Elephants in Dense Forest 



Growth .... facing 540 

 Elephants and Giraffe — a Quaint Com- 

 panionship .... 544, 545 



A Young Lion 549 



Study in Protective " Mimicry " . 550 



Griafife Studies 552, 553 ; 558, 559 ; 564, 565 

 Giraffes in Characteristic Surroundings 



facing 568 

 Head of a Giraffe .... 569 

 Giraffe Studies .... 574, 575 

 Giraffa schiHingsi, Mtsch. . facing 576 

 Crested Cranes on the Wing . -577 



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