Volume 2 — CORMORANTS. List of Illustrations in Vol. II
Frederic Whyte translation
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Young Dwarf Antelope v
Cormorants vii
Spurred Geese 319
Views of Kilimanjaro 322, 323, 327
River-bed Vegetation on the Velt 331
A Fisherman’s Bag 335
Clatter-bills 340, 341
A Marsh-land View 346
Snow-white Herons 347
A Pair of Crested Cranes 349
A Snake-vulture 349
Preparing to Skin a Hippopotamus 352
Hippopotami Swimming 353
Head of a Hippopotamus 357
A Wandorobo Chief 359
Egyptian Geese 364
A Wounded Buffalo 365
Hunting Record-card 367
A Sea-gull 369
A Masai throwing his Spear 370
A Hippopotamus on his way to the Swamp facing 370
Oryx Antelopes 374
Waterbuck 375
Wandorobo Guides on the March 380
A Party of Wandorobo Hunters 381
A Feast of Honey 386
Acacia-tree denuded by Elephants 387
An Oryx Antelope’s Methods of Defence 389
A Dwarf Kudu 390
Zebras 392
Giraffe Studies 392
Zebras on the open Velt 393
Laden Masai Donkeys 397
Pearl-hens on an Acacia-tree 393
A pair of Grant’s Gazelles taking to Flight facing 398
Grant’s Gazelles 402
A Good Instance of Protective Colouring 402
Grant’s Gazelles 403, 408, 409
Young Masai Hartebeest 411
A Herd of Hartebeests 414
Hartebeests with Young 415
Waterbuck 415
The Skinning of an Elephant 420, 421
A Missionary’s Dwelling 424
Elephants killed by the Author 426, 427
Some African Trophies 429
Black-headed Herons 431
Rhinoceros Heads 434, 435
An Eland Bull facing 438
An Eland, just before the Finishing Shot 441
An Eland Bull 445
Rhinoceroses, with and without Horns 450, 451
Snapshot of a Rhinoceros at twenty paces 455
Shelter from a Rhinoceros 459
An Emaciated Rhinoceros 461
Specimen of Stone against which Rhinoceroses whet their Horns 463
A “Rhino” in sitting posture facing 464
A Rock-pool on Kilimanjaro 467
Masai Killing a Hyena with Clubs 470
The Moods of a Lion Cub 472, 473
Record of a Lion-hunt 479
A Lion at Bay 483
Studies of a Trapped Lion 485
The Lion ... had dragged the Trap some distance facing 488
Carrying a Live Lion to Camp 489
A Captured Lioness 492
A Trapped Lion roaring 493
Flashlight Photograph of a Lion 495
Photograph of a Lion at five paces 499
Hauling a Live Hyena into Camp 501
Hyena Chained up in Camp 505
Masai making game of a Trapped Hyena 507
Specimens of Elephant-tusks 511
Record Elephant-tusks 513
A Store of Elephant-tusks 517
Auk and Auk’s Egg 521
Thicket frequented by Elephants 525
Velt Fires 532, 533
An old Acacia-tree 537
Studies of Elephants in Dense Forest Growth facing 540
Elephants and Giraffe—a Quaint Companionship 544, 545
A Young Lion 549
Study in Protective “Mimicry” 550
Giraffe Studies 552, 553; 558, 559; 564, 565
Giraffes in Characteristic Surroundings facing 568
Head of a Giraffe 569
Giraffe Studies 574, 575
Giraffa schillingsi, Mtsch. facing 576
Crested Cranes on the Wing 577
Hungry Vultures 578
Pitching Camp 579
My Taxidermist at Work 581
Termite Ant-hills 583
An unusually large Ant-hill 587
Prince Löwenstein 589
Destroying an Ant-hill with Pick and Shovel 590
Serving out Provisions 592
Bearer’s Wife preparing a Meal 592
Young Baboons in front of my Tent 593
Young Ostriches 593
Marabou Nests 595, 598
Feathered members of my Camp 599
A rather Mixed-up Photograph 601
My Rhinoceros:
in the Berlin “Zoo” and 606
on the Velt 607
How my captive “Rhino” was Carried to Camp 612
Carrying a Dead Leopard 612
My “Rhino” and her Two Companions 613
A Young Hyena extracted from its Lair 613
Vultures:
On the Wing 618
Hovering over a Carcase 619
Moving away from a Carcase 621
My Pelicans 623
A Siesta in Camp 625
A Strange Friendship 628
“Fatima” Prowling Round 629
Carrying a fine Leopard 631
Killing Game in accordance with Mohammedan rites 633
Cutting up the Carcase 633
A Trapped Leopard 635
The Baboon and the Little Black Lady 636
Moonlight on the Velt facing 636
A Fowl of the Velt 637
A River-horse Resort 639
One of the Peaks of Donje-Erok 641
Drawing Water for the March 643
Vultures 645
Flashlight Photographs 648, 649
My Night-apparatus in position 653
A Pet of the Caravan 654
A Baobab-tree 655
Flashlight Photograph of a Mongoose 657
tus for Night Photography 660, 661
Vultures contesting the Possession of Carrion 665
First Dry-plate Photograph, probably, ever taken in the African Desert 667
Photographic Mishaps:
Cracked Glass Plate 669
Plate Exposed Twice 673
Telephotograph of Ostriches 677
Photographs of Birds taken at distances varying from 20 to 200 paces 681
Telephotographs of Birds on the Wing 683
Dwarf Gazelle, photographed at sixty paces 684
Jackal taking to Flight, startled by the Flashlight 685
Lioness frightened away from Carcase by the Flashlight facing 688
Aiming at a Pigeon and Hitting a Crow! facing 688
Hand-camera Photograph of a Jackal 689
Photograph of a Jackal taken with my first Night-apparatus 689
Flashlight Photography: my Native Models 691
Flashlight Failures 694, 695; 697, 698
Photographic Studies of Antelopes shot by the Author 699
Jackals facing 702
East-African Antelopes shot by the Author 703
More Antelopes 707
Spotted and Striped Hyenas and Jackal 711
A Jackal in full Flight 713
Guinea-fowl 715
Farewell to Africa 716