Volume 1 — GULLS. List of Illustrations in Vol. I
Frederic Whyte translation
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Frontispiece—Portrait of the Author.
Lion Study v
Young Dwarf Antelope vii
Armed Natives ix
Black-hoofed Antelopes xi
Gulls xiii
A Giraffe Photograph 1
My “Boys” organising a “Goma” 2
Bearers indulging in a Bath 3
A Masai ol’ moruan (old man) 4
Group of Masai 5
A memento mori of the Velt 9
Dwarf Gazelles on the Velt 11
Masai Herdsmen 13
Young Masai Dancing and Singing 17
Bearers on the March 21
Transport Bearers in Difficulties 21
The Author being Carried across a Swamp 23
How Mules and Asses are got across a River 24
Two of my Wandorobo Guides facing 24
A Halt of my Caravan on the Velt 25
Masai Warriors 29
Group of Masai 33
A Party of my trusty Companions 37
Bearers making their way through high grass 41
The Caravan on the March 45
A Herd of Zebras taking Refuge from the Heat of the Midday Sun facing 48
Flamingoes on the margin of a Lake 49
Flamingoes flying down to the Lake margin 53
Alfred Kaiser in Arab costume 55
Group of Gnus 58
Nile Geese on the Natron Lake 58
A Herd of Grant’s Gazelles 59
Crested Cranes and Zebras 59
A Camp on the Velt 63
Native Settlement on the Pangani River 67
Group of Eland Antelopes 72
A Herd of White-bearded Gnus 73
A Masai Dance 77
A Herd of White-bearded Gnus (i) at close quarters; (ii) a more distant view; (iii) they show their disquiet; (iv) they decide to retreat facing 80
Effects of Heat and Mirage 81
A Hot Day in the Great Rift Valley 85
Group of Masai 87
Prehistoric Sketch on a Fragment of Ivory 88
Old Picture of a female Hippopotamus 91
An old German Picture of the Giraffe 93
Hottentot Hunters: a sketch of two hundred years ago 95
Ancient Egyptian representations of Giraffes and other animals 97
Sketches of Animals made by the Bushmen 99
iBlack-tailed Antelopes running through high grass 101
Bearers on the March 103
A Rhinoceros moving through velt grass 107
Three large Gorillas shot by Captain Dominick 115
Troop of Lions in broad daylight 121
Herd of Elephants in South Africa, by Harris 127
Group of Wild Animals at Hagenbeck’s zoological gardens 133
Young Grant’s Gazelles 139
’Mbega Monkeys 140
A ’Mbega facing 142
East African Wild Buffaloes 143
Modern Methods of Taxidermy: Setting up a Giraffe 146-149
Male Giraffe Gazelle 150
Dwarf Antelope 152
Giraffe Gazelles 152
Snow-white Black-hoofed Antelope 153
New Species of Hyena (Hyena schillingsi) 153
Dwarf Musk Deer 158
A Pair of Guerezas 159
Black-hoofed Antelope 164
Giraffe Gazelle and Dwarf Antelope 165
Head of an African Wart-hog 168
Nest of Ostrich’s Eggs 169
Drying Ornithological specimens 174
Group of Author’s Trophies 175
Women of the Rahe Oasis 177
Egyptian Geese in a Swamp 179
The Nyíka: a Bird’s-eye View facing 200
Oryx Antelopes 204
A Velt Hillock 205
The Summit of Mount ’Ngaptuk 207
A Look-out Place 211
Black-hoofed Antelopes 216, 217
Black-tailed Antelopes 222, 223
Masai Hartebeests 230
Giraffe Gazelle 231
Grant’s Gazelles facing 234
Grant’s Gazelles 237
White-bearded Gnus and Zebras taking Refuge from the Midday Sun facing 240
An old Acacia 244
A typical Landscape 245
Hungry Vultures 249
Flamingoes in Flight 252, 253
Storks on the Wing 258
Storks gathering for Migration 259
Remains of Rhinoceroses 261
Crested Cranes in Flight 264
Vultures and Marabous 265
Herd of Waterbuck 270
Oryx Antelopes 271
Grant’s Gazelles 276
Hartebeests near the Western ’Ndjiri Swamps 277
Map of a Day’s Movements and Observations 279
Flamingoes on the Margin of the Natron Lake 281
A Francolin perched on a Thorn-bush 283
Flight of Sandfowl 287
Zebras and Gnus facing 292
An Alarum-turaco 295
Nest of Weaver-birds 301
A Shrike on the Look-out 309
Brook with an Underground Channel 315