In Wildest Africa, Vol. 1
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1. IN WILDEST AFRICA2. LION STUDY. Preface3. BLACK-HOOFED ANTELOPES. Contents of Vol. I4. GULLS. List of Illustrations in Vol. I5. A GIRAFFE PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN IN THE SHIMMERING LIGHT OF THE VELT. I The Spell of the Elelescho6. 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 Photograph7. 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 Civilisation8. YOUNG GRANT’S GAZELLES ON A BLACK-BURNED STRETCH OF VELT. IV The Survivors9. EGYPTIAN GEESE IN A SWAMP. V Sport and Nature in Germany10. ORYX ANTELOPES TAKING TO FLIGHT. VI The Lonely Wonder-world of the Nyíka11. A FRANCOLIN PERCHED ON A THORN-BUSH. VII The Voices of the Wilderness