In his introduction to the English edition of _With Flashlight and Rifle_ Sir Harry Johnston declares that that work was “bound to produce nostalgia in the lines of returned veterans”; I trust that _In Wildest Africa_ will bring also to such readers a breath from the wilderness awaking in them memories of exciting experiences on the velt. Above all, I trust that its appeal will be not to grown readers alone, but that it will have still stronger attractions for the coming generation. A preface should not be too long. I shall conclude with the expression of the hope that I may be able presently to secure a new collection of “Nature Documents.” C. G. SCHILLINGS. [Illustration: YOUNG DWARF ANTELOPE.] [Illustration: _C. G. Schillings, phot._] [Illustration: 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 [Illustration: GULLS.] List of Illustrations in Vol. I PAGE _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