In Wildest Africa -^ 



sandhills to lay its eggs there. Its giant track on the 

 sand leads me to its nest. To my astonished eyes this 

 peculiar track looks as if a ploughshare had torn through 

 the ground. 



The Indian Ocean, which is the home of this huge 

 sea-turtle, shelters also in quiet bays the strange Dugong 

 or sea-cow, and great is the surprise of even the natives 



FORMATION OF A FI.OCK OF FLAMINGOES IN FLIGHT. 



themselves when from time to time they capture in their 

 nets this remarkable creature, which is becoming rarer 

 every year. 



In the lagoons one sees emerge from the surface the 

 head of a great giant snake, a good five yards long, the 

 African python ; others I have come upon suddenly 

 on the open velt. There are continually thrilling 



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