C. G. Schillings, phot.BLACK-HOOFED ANTELOPES. Contents of Vol. ICHAP.PAGEI.[THE SPELL OF THE ELELESCHO]1II.[FROM THE CAVE-DWELLER’S SKETCH TO THE FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH]88III.[NEW LIGHT ON THE TRAGEDY OF CIVILISATION]107IV.[THE SURVIVORS]139V.[SPORT AND NATURE IN GERMANY]179VI.[THE LONELY WONDER-WORLD OF THE NYÍKA]204VII.[THE VOICES OF THE WILDERNESS]283GULLS. List of Illustrations in Vol. IPAGE[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