The Big Game of Africa - Safari Stories and Photos

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Author, hunter, and historic adventurer, Richard Tjader, has even had animal species named after him. This is his guide to African game, including photos and tales of his adventures.

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I - British East Africa
—The best shooting grounds
—The best hunting seasons

II - The Caravan Or "Safari"
—The Safari
—Fitting out the caravan
—Gun-bearers
—Dangers of night marching

III - The Lion—King Of Beasts
—Fight between a lion and a buffalo
—The terror of the "man-eater"
—Lion hunting on horseback
—A narrow escape

IV - The Elephant, The Giant Of The Forest
—How to single out the path of a "tusker "
—My finest trophy
—A miraculous escape
—Fight between an elephant and a rhino

V - The Harmless Giraffe
—Do lions dare to attack giraffes?
—Stalking the giraffe with the camera
—Why the natives kill them
—Whole herds of giraffes

VI - The Hippopotamus, Or River Hog
—River horse or river hog?
—How to secure the beast
—Killed by a river hippo
—Stalking the river-horse with the camera

VII - The African Or Cape Buffalo
—One of the most dangerous animals
—Why the natives fear the buffalo
—A lucky shot

VIII - Leopards And Cheetahs
—The leopard as man-eater and undertaker
—Native leopard traps
—A dangerous antagonist
—Asgar's cheetah chase

IX - The African Rhinoceros
—The white and the black African rhino
—The rhino bird
—Their much-discussed poor eyesight
—On rhino trail in dense brush
—Killed by a female rhino
—Nightly visits
—A narrow escape

X - The Larger East African Antelopes
—The stately eland
—A very wary animal, difficult to stalk
—Eland meat a delicacy
—The beautiful roan
—The sable antelope, a much-coveted trophy
—The curious gnu

XI - The Larger East African Antelopes (Continued)
—The waterbuck
—A new subspecies, the "Cobus defassa tjaderi"
—The beautiful impala
—An interesting hunt
—The oryx one of the most courageous antelopes
—The beautiful Grant's gazelle

XII - The Hartebeest And Zebra
—A fine Jackson's hartebeest
—The inquisitive kongoni
—The Grévy's and Burchell's zebra
—Stampeding zebras

XIII - Hyenas, Monkeys, And Pigs
—Hyenas not exclusively scavengers
—The beasts as man-eaters
—Hyenas as undertakers
—A cornered hyena
—The beautiful colobus
—The baboons
—The giant pig
—The hideous wart hog
—The mischievous bush pig . .

XIV - African Reptiles And Birds
—Puff-adder poison for savages' arrow points
—The powerful python
—Stepping on a python
—Other poisonous snakes
—The dangerous crocodile
—A crocodile killing a rhino
—When they turn man-eaters
—The giant bustard
—The now protected ostrich
—Millions of guinea fowl
—Great numbers of geese, ducks, flamingoes and other birds

XV - The Natives Of British East Africa
—The Bantu
—The Swahili
—How they build their houses
—The intoxicating palm wine
—Buying wives on the installment plan
—The Wanika
—The Wateita
—Scaring away the "rain gods"
—The Wakamba
—The Kikuju tribe
—A Kikuju romance
—The powerful Masai
—The wild Wanderobo
—The Kavirondo
—Their nude but chaste women
—People with "tails"

XVI - Missionaries, Settlers, And Government Officials

XVII - Hints On African Photography And The Preserving Of Trophies
—The importance and pleasure of wild-animal photography
—A rather dangerous undertaking
—The telephoto
—How to skin an animal properly
—Different ways of curing the skins
—Various kinds of trophies

XVIII - General Outfit And Route Of Travel
—Necessary provisions
—Practical hunting clothes
—Camp furniture
—Cooking utensils
—The telescope and the gun silencer
—The shotgun

XIX - Retrospect And Conclusion
—Ex-President Roosevelt on big game hunting in British East Africa
—Three good rules for sportsmen
—The characteristic game of plains, bush, and forest
—The charm of the chase