ILLUSTRATIONS 
FACING PAGK 
Mr. Roosevelt and one of his big lions - - - Frontispiece 
Photogravure from a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt. 
Map showing Mr. Roosevelt’s route and hunting trips in Africa - 1 
A herd of zebra and hartebeest - - - - - 28 
One of the interesting features of African wild life is the close 
association and companionship so often seen between two 
totally different species of game. 
Before he could get quite all the way round in his headlong rush 
to reach us, I struck him with my left-hand barrel - - 90 
From a draiving by Philip R. Goodwin. 
Without any warning, out he came and charged straight at 
Kermit, who stopped him when he was but six yards off - 112 
From a drawing by Philip R. Goodwin. 
Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt with the first buffalo - 134 
It was not a nice country in which to be charged by the herd, 
and for a moment things trembled in the balance - -140 
From a drawing by Philip R. Goodwin. 
Group : Waxbills ; courser ; elephant shrew; springhaas ; dikdik ; 
serval kitten; banded mongoose ; Colobus monkey - 154 
The safari fording a stream - - - - - l60 
Giraffe at home - - - - - - - 170 
Group: A rhino family. Rhino surveying the safari. “ In the 
middle of the African plain, deep in prehistoric thought ” - 172 
Wildebeest at home - - - - - 178 
Two bulls may suddenly drop to their knees, and for a moment or 
two fight furiously. 
Group : The wounded lioness. The wounded lioness ready to 
charge - - - - - - 188 
He came on steadily, ears laid back and uttering terrific coughing 
grunts ------- l g% 
From a draioing by Philip R. Goodwin. 
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