C. G. Schillings, phot.


BLACK-HOOFED ANTELOPES. Contents of Vol. I

CHAP.PAGE
I.[THE SPELL OF THE ELELESCHO]1
II.[FROM THE CAVE-DWELLER’S SKETCH TO THE FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH]88
III.[NEW LIGHT ON THE TRAGEDY OF CIVILISATION]107
IV.[THE SURVIVORS]139
V.[SPORT AND NATURE IN GERMANY]179
VI.[THE LONELY WONDER-WORLD OF THE NYÍKA]204
VII.[THE VOICES OF THE WILDERNESS]283

GULLS. List of Illustrations in Vol. I

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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