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In Wildest Africa, Vol. II

In Wildest Africa, Vol. II

by C. G. Schillings

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Author
Schillings, C. G. (Carl Georg), 1865-1921
Title
In Wildest Africa, Vol. 2
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Kim, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
Subject
Nature photography
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54923
Release Date
June 16, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.IN WILDEST AFRICA
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.YOUNG DWARF ANTELOPE Contents of Vol. II
  4. 4.CORMORANTS. List of Illustrations in Vol. II
  5. 5.SPURRED GEESE ( PLECTROPTERUS GAMBENSIS ). VIII In a Primeval Forest
  6. 6.A MASAI THROWING HIS SPEAR. IX After Elephants with Wandorobo
  7. 7.BLACK-HEADED HERONS ( ARDEA MELANOCEPHALA . VIG. Childr.). X Rhinoceros-hunting
  8. 8.MASAI KILLING A HYENA WITH THEIR CLUBS. XI The Capturing of a Lion
  9. 9.A FEW SPECIMENS OF ELEPHANT-TUSKS SECURED BY THE EMISSARIES OF DEUSS & CO., IN PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA. XII A Dying Race of Giants
  10. 10.A STUDY IN PROTECTIVE “MIMICRY.” XIII A Vanishing Feature of the Velt
  11. 11.HUNGRY VULTURES IN THE VICINITY OF MY CAMP. XIV Camping out on the Velt
  12. 12.A FOWL OF THE VELT ( PTEROCLES GUTTURALIS SATURATIOR , Hart). XV Night Photography under Difficulties
  13. 13.THE FIRST FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH WITH WHICH I HAD ANY MEASURE OF SUCCESS! A MONGOOSE MAY BE JUST GUESSED AT UNDER THE THORN-BRANCH. XVI Photography by Day and by Night
  14. 14.GUINEA-FOWL. Envoi
  15. 15.CHEAP EDITION “The most remarkable travel book that has ever been published.”— Graphic. With Flashlight and Rifle A Record of Hunting Adventures and Studies in Wild Life By C. G. SCHILLINGS Translated by FREDERIC WHYTE With an Introduction by Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Illustrated with 302 of the Author’s “untouched” photographs taken by day and night. Printed throughout on English art paper, in one handsome vol., 824 pages super-royal 8vo, 12s. 6d. net — PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT wrote of Mr. Schillings’s book: — Some Exceptional Reviews
  16. 16.Nearest the Pole By Commander R. E. PEARY (U. S. Navy; President of the National Geographic Society) Author of “Northward over the Great Ice,” etc. With an introduction by President Roosevelt and numerous illustrations selected from a collection of 1,200 of the Author’s photographs In Crown 4to, cloth gilt and gilt top , 21s. net .
  17. 17.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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