. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 124 TAVETA AND MOUNTS KILIMANJARO AND MEFtU to botanists as the Hydnora africana. The fleshy flowers of those we saw were some twelve to sixteen inches long, and consisted of a single cnp-like flower, the outer rim of which is cut into four lips. We dreamed away the hot mid-day hours stretched out upon the greensward opposite Ebo, which now showed its head again, and resumed our walk in the cool of the afternoon. Flocks of vultures a
. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 124 TAVETA AND MOUNTS KILIMANJARO AND MEFtU to botanists as the Hydnora africana. The fleshy flowers of those we saw were some twelve to sixteen inches long, and consisted of a single cnp-like flower, the outer rim of which is cut into four lips. We dreamed away the hot mid-day hours stretched out upon the greensward opposite Ebo, which now showed its head again, and resumed our walk in the cool of the afternoon. Flocks of vultures and storks guided us to the remains of my yesterday's victims, and then we bore in a south-westerly. HORNS OF THE RHINOCEROS BICORNIS. direction. A water-buck disturbed in its siesta, which sprang up suddenly almost at our feet, was the only game which came within range. We both missed him ; but I followed on his track, whilst Count Teleki went on in the original direction, so that we were separated in a very unexpected manner. With two atten- dants to carry my guns, I penetrated into a very wild and lonely district, where the baobab-trees were closer together and the ground was strewn with great blocks of volcanic rock, half- hidden in the long grass. But there was nothing to shoot, and I was beginning to console myself with botanising, when we. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von, 1857-1942; Teleki, Samuel, Székigrof, 1845-1916; Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens, "Mrs. A. E. Bell,". London, Longmans, Green and Co.
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