X. THE ELEPHANT _By F. J. Jackson._ 204 XI. THE AFRICAN BUFFALO _By F. J. Jackson._ 214 XII. THE LION _By F. J. Jackson._ 236 XIII. THE RHINOCEROS _By F. J. Jackson._ 251 XIV. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS _By F. J. Jackson._ 269 XV. OSTRICHES AND GIRAFFES _By F. J. Jackson._ 275 XVI. ANTELOPES _By F. J. Jackson._ 279 XVII. THE LION IN SOUTH AFRICA _By F. C. Selous._ 314 XVIII. BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA _By Clive Phillipps-Wolley._ 346 XIX. MUSK OX _By Warburton Pike._ 428 INDEX 437 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE FIRST VOLUME (_Reproduced by Messrs. Walker & Boutall_) FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ARTIST THE LION’S LAST CHARGE C. Whymper Frontispiece A CLOSE SHOT Major H. Jones to face p. 8 MOLOPO RIVER Joseph Wolf ” 10 ODDS--3 TO 1 ” ” 90 FEELING BOTH HORNS OF A DILEMMA ” ” 116 THE DROP SCENE ” ” 120 ELEPHANTS--ZOUGA FLATS ” ” 128 THREATENING OF ELEPHANTIASIS ” ” 140 A DIFFICULT STALK C. Whymper ” 166 ‘TEEMING WITH GAME’ ” ” 174 CAMP WITH BOMA AT SIDE From a photograph by E. Gedge ” 176 THE BUSHMAN’S STRATAGEM C. Whymper ” 198 RESTING THE 4-BORE ON THE FALLEN TREE ” ” 212 GOOD GUIDES ” ” 244 THE RHINO RAISED HERSELF LIKE A HUGE PIG ” ” 258 A FAMILY GROUP ” ” 276 A GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN ANTELOPES ” ” 314 STANDING STILL AS STONE IMAGES ” ” 368 MOOSE AT HOME ” ” 398 WAPITI IN THE EMERALD PASS, C. W., from a photograph ” 402 BRITISH COLUMBIA WOODCUTS IN TEXT ARTIST SPRINGBUCK, STEINBUCK, BLESBUCK AND REEDBUCK C. Whymper 1 OVER THE FALLEN TIMBER 11