IN WILDEST AFRICA

IN WILDEST AFRICA
BY
C. G. SCHILLINGS
AUTHOR OF “WITH FLASHLIGHT AND RIFLE IN EQUATORIAL EAST AFRICA”
TRANSLATED BY
FREDERIC WHYTE
WITH OVER 300 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES DIRECT FROM THE AUTHOR’S
NEGATIVES, TAKEN BY DAY AND NIGHT; AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

Vol. II
London
HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
1907


YOUNG DWARF ANTELOPE Contents of Vol. II

CHAPPAGE
VIII.[IN A PRIMEVAL FOREST]319
IX.[AFTER ELEPHANTS WITH WANDOROBO]370
X.[RHINOCEROS-HUNTING]431
XI.[THE CAPTURING OF A LION]470
XII.[A DYING RACE OF GIANTS]511
XIII.[A VANISHING FEATURE OF THE VELT]550
XIV.[CAMPING OUT ON THE VELT]578
XV.[NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY UNDER DIFFICULTIES]637
XVI.[PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAY AND BY NIGHT]657

CORMORANTS. List of Illustrations in Vol. II

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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