[35] The destruction of wild animals by the Boers in the Kilimanjaro district was in every way opposed by the central and local authorities, but failing the possibility of strict control it does not seem to have been possible to make the regulations effective. Prof. Sjöstedt found the Boers in no way settled down, but roving about the country in pursuit of the wild animals. [36] It appears that the explorer completed some of these sketches after his return with the help of stuffed specimens, but he drew others entirely from nature on the African velt. [37] So too, for example, Wissmann never killed a lion. This is sufficient proof of the difficulty of observing animal life. The author may take this opportunity of calling attention to the remarkable work of this departed explorer, _In den Wildnissen Afrikas_, and thinks himself fortunate in the possession of a letter from his hand approving of his method of observing animals. This letter expresses in words that go to the heart the love for and understanding of the beauty of the African fauna that characterised this successful and distinguished explorer. [38] Take, for instance, his description of the Ugalla River in a letter to his grandfather, General von Meyerinck, in his work _Von Sansibar zum Tanjanjika_ (published by Hermann Schalow, Leipzig, 1888). [39] Unfortunately such ridiculous and ugly names as gemsbock, hartebeest, wildebeest, etc., have gradually come into general use. [40] _Pauw_ is Dutch for _peacock_. [41] Cf. Prof. P. Matschie, _Die Säugetiere Deutsch-Ostafrikas_ (“The Mammalia of German East Africa”), p. 96, and my work _With Flashlight and Rifle_. [42] From the Cameroon district in West Africa Professor Yngwe Sjöstedt writes to me also of a nearly related species of cuckoo that has much the same cry. [43] Franz Hermann Meissner in his work, _Arnold Böcklin_, says “I have often found that I had to consider these pictures with the blue eyes of an old Ostrogoth seer of primitive days.” And I am of opinion that in order to take full delight in the charm of the tropics one must look on them with _northern_ eyes. [44] Cf. Professor Dr. A. Reichenow, _Die Vögel Afrikas_. [Transcriber’s Note: Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of In Wildest Africa, vol 1 (of 2), by Carl Georg Schillings