In Wildest Africa, Vol. 1

IN WILDEST AFRICA

LION STUDY. Preface

BLACK-HOOFED ANTELOPES. Contents of Vol. I

GULLS. List of Illustrations in Vol. I

A GIRAFFE PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN IN THE SHIMMERING LIGHT OF THE VELT. I The Spell of the Elelescho

ONE OF THE OLDEST “NATURE DOCUMENTS” FROM THE HAND OF MAN. PREHISTORIC SKETCH OF A MAMMOTH ON A FRAGMENT OF IVORY. (From L. Reinhardt’s work Der Mensch zur Eiszeit in Europa.) II From the Cave-dweller’s Sketch to the Flashlight Photograph

A RHINOCEROS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE GRASS OF THE VELT—TAKEN WITH THE TELEPHOTO-LENS AT A DISTANCE OF 120 METRES, AND WHERE THERE WAS NO COVER. THE ANIMAL LOOKED REMARKABLY LIKE AN ANT-HILL. ON ITS BACK ONE SEES A BIRD—(BUPHAGUS ERYTHRORHYNCUS, Stanl.)—HUNTING FOR TICKS. III New Light on the Tragedy of Civilisation

YOUNG GRANT’S GAZELLES ON A BLACK-BURNED STRETCH OF VELT. IV The Survivors

EGYPTIAN GEESE IN A SWAMP. V Sport and Nature in Germany

ORYX ANTELOPES TAKING TO FLIGHT. VI The Lonely Wonder-world of the Nyíka