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CONTENTS 
CHAPTER VII 
PAGE 
The Forests of Kordofan . . . . .108 
Sketches of Bird-Life in the “ Ethiopian Region ” (Two Typical Days)— 
The Two Jebels of White Nile. 
Waterbuck 
CHAPTER VIII 
125 
CHAPTER IX 
Voyage up White Nile—( continued ) . . . .135 
(in) The Western Bend (Open Steppe)—A Sketch of Bird-Life on the 
Western Bend. 
CHAPTER X 
A First Prize of Sudan ..... 149 
The Saddle-backed, or Nile Lechwi—A Memorable Afternoon with 
Saddleback—A Note on Nomenclature, with Special Reference to the 
Nile Lechwi. 
CHAPTER XI 
The White-eared Cob . . . . .164 
Buffalo 
CHAPTER XII 
178 
Hippopotamus . 
CHAPTER XIII 
193 
Ostrich 
CHAPTER XIV 
205 
CHAPTER XV 
Wild Men and Wild Beasts .... 209 
CHAPTER XVI 
The Shilluk’s Conception of God and of Creation . 217 
