In Wildest Africa, Vol. 2Schillings, C. G. (Carl Georg)
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In Wildest Africa, Vol. 2
Schillings, C. G. (Carl Georg)
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Hunting -- Africa; Natural history -- Africa; Nature photography
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
[Illustration: YOUNG DWARF ANTELOPE]
Contents of Vol. II
CHAP PAGE
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
[Illustration: CORMORANTS.]
List of Illustrations in Vol. II
PAGE
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
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