Transcriber's Note
Archaic, dialectical and unusual spellings have been maintained. Obvious misprints have been fixed. Please note that the block quotations from other sources, such as the "Foreword" tend to have different dialectical spellings. Changes are indicated below and in the text with a mouse-over like this.
The links in the List of Illustrations point to the illustrations, which may have been moved a page or two away from the indicated page.
The cover of this ebook was developed by Linda Hamilton at pgdp.net, and is in the public domain.
The photographs of the struggle between a rhinoceros and a crocodile were extremely poor quality in the original book, and the third is blurred.
Details of the changes:
| Page xi | In this ebook: | remote wilderness. Throughout historic time it has |
| Originally: | remote wilderness. Thru-out historic time it has | |
| Page xix | In this ebook: | in order, as I thoroughly believe, |
| Originally: | in order, as I thoroly believe, | |
| Page 9 | In this ebook: | The musk ox retains its dark brown coat |
| Originally: | The musk ox retains it dark brown coat | |
| Page 17 | In this ebook: | make good his hold with one of his fore-paws over |
| Originally: | make good his hold with one of his forepaws over | |
| Page 27 | In this ebook: | a wide expanse of wait-a-bit thorn scrub |
| Originally: | a wide expanse of wait-a-bit-thorn scrub | |
| Page 63 | In this ebook: | I do not know. Possibly the eagerness of |
| Originally: | I do no know. Possibly the eagerness of | |
| Page 71 | In this ebook: | most of them were absolutely untouched by the |
| Originally: | most of them were absoultely untouched by the | |
| Page 190 | In this ebook: | to Matabeleland, through an uninhabited piece of |
| Originally: | to Matabeland, through an uninhabited piece of | |
| Page 198 | In this ebook: | Elgin on the game of the East Africa Protectorate |
| Originally: | Elgin on the game of the East Africa Proctectorate | |
| Page 225 | In this ebook: | and the magnificence of its skin. Its horns almost |
| Originally: | and the magificence of its skin. Its horns almost | |
| Page 233 | In this ebook: | Amatonga women; for, in this part of the country, |
| Originally: | Amatonga women; for, in in this part of the country, | |
| Page 253 | In this ebook: | in a patch of thick bush. The country was |
| Originally: | in a patch of thich bush. The country was | |
| Page 287 | In this ebook: | had left it. An examination of the ground, however, |
| Originally: | had left it. An examimation of the ground, however, | |
| Page 318 | In this ebook: | the road from Shoshong to Pandamatenka crossed |
| Originally: | the road from Shoshung to Pandamatenka crossed | |
| Page 355 | In this ebook: | Roosevelt, President, "Foreword" by, xi-xix; |
| Originally: | Roosevelt, President, "Foreward" by, xi-xix; |