PREFATORY NOTE 
This collection of African stories has no pretentious 
purpose. It is merely the record of a most delightful hunt¬ 
ing trip into those fascinating regions along the Equator, 
where one may still have "thrilling adventures” and live in 
a story-book atmosphere, where the "roar of the lion” and 
the "crack of the rifle” are part of the every-day life, and 
where in a few months one may store up enough material 
to keep the memory pleasantly occupied all the rest of a 
lifetime. The stories are descriptive of a four-and-a-half 
months’ trip in the big game country and pretend to no 
more serious purpose than merely to relate the experiences of 
a self-confessed amateur under such conditions. 
JOHN T. McCUTCHEON 
August, 1910 
