INTRODUCTION xix. 



amongst living wild animals in South Africa and else- 

 where ; and to this end I have included remarks upon 

 their feeding and treatment in captivity, as well as some 

 of my personal experiences. 



To my critics I would point out : firstly, to the 

 zoologist, that while I could have made the work much 

 more " scientific," I would, in so doing, have defeated 

 my main object ; and to the literary critic, that I have 

 purposely adopted a more or less "note-book" style, 

 considering this quite adequate for a work of this nature, 

 and the saving of space being to-day a big consideration. 



Many of the illustrations in this book are from life, 

 either from animals in the National Zoological Gardens 

 or in the field. As it is often not possible to photograph 

 the living animal in its native wilds, I have included 

 pictures of dead game animals as they fell in the field, 

 to show more or less the nature of the country they 

 inhabit. 



My thanks are due to Mr. W. L. Sclater, M.A., of 

 Jliondon (one time Director of th^ South African Museum 

 in Cape Town) for so kindly undertaking the revision of 

 the proofs for me ; to His Worship the Mayor of Pretoria 

 (Mr. C. W. Giovanetti) for placing at my disposal the 

 photographs of his son, the late Lieutenant Giovanetti, of 

 the Eoyal Flying Corps ; to Major C. E. FitzEoy, of His 

 Excellency's Staff, for the loan of a number of interesting 

 photographs of game-trophies in the field ; to Mr. P. 

 Viana-Eodrigues (Administrator of Maputoland) for an 

 interesting series of photographs of wild and tame 

 Elephants; to the African Film Productions, Ltd., Johan- 

 nesburg, for the loan of a photo of wild Elephants in the 

 bush ; to Dr. A. A. Schoch, of the Transvaal Attorney- 

 General's Office, for a number of weights of game taken, 

 often at great inconvenience, in the field : also for the 



