in a River Jungle
Growth. A Thrilling Charge. Hassan's Courage 201

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
In the Swamps of the Guas Ngishu. Beating for Lions We
Came Upon a Strange and Fascinating Wild Beast, Which
Became Attached to Our Party. The Little Wanderobo Dog 214

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Who's Who in Jungleland. The Hartebeest and the Wildebeest,
the Amusing Giraffe and the Ubiquitous Zebra, the
Lovely Gazelle and the Gentle Impalla 233

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Some Natural History in Which it is Revealed that a Sing-Sing
Waterbuck is Not a Singing Topi, and that a Topi is Not
a Species of Head-dress 251

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
In the Tall Grass of the Mount Elgon Country. A Narrow
Escape from a Long-Horned Rhino. A Thanksgiving Dinner
and a Visit to a Native Village 269

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Up and Down the Mountain Side from the Ketosh Village to
the Great Cave of Bats. A Dramatic Episode with the Finding
of a Black Baby as a Climax 291

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Electric Lights, Motor-Cars and Fifteen Varieties of Wild
Game. Chasing Lions Across the Country in a Carriage 313

CHAPTER NINETEEN
The Last Word in Lion Hunting. Methods of Trailing, Ensnaring
and Otherwise Outwitting the King of Beasts. A
Chapter of Adventures 325

CHAPTER TWENTY
Abdullah the Cook and Some Interesting Gastronomic Experiences.
Thirteen Tribes Represented in the Safari. Abdi's
Story of His Uncle and the Lions 341

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Back Home from Africa. Ninety Days on the Way Through
India, Java, China, Manila and Japan. Three Chow Dogs and
a Final Series of Amusing Adventures 360

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Ways and Means. What to Take and What Not to Take. Information
for Those that Wish, Intend or Hope to Hunt in the
African Highlands 384

IN AFRICA

CHAPTER I

THE PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE. EXPERIENCES WITH WILLING FRIENDS AND
ADVISERS

Ever since I can remember, almost, I have cherished a modest ambition to
hunt lions and elephants. At an early age, or, to be more exact, at
about that age which finds most boys wondering whether t