CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER IX 



Hippopotami — Lechwe Antelopes — Difficult Shooting — Elephants on 

 the "Chobe"— A Plucky little CaU— A Canoe Ride— Makubas 

 and their Island — Return to " Pookoo Flats" — 400 lbs. of Ivory 



Pages 165-178 



CHAPTER X 



Pookoo Antelope — Shooting Lechwe— Up the Chobe — Strange Experi- 

 ence with Elephant — Canoe Trip through Marsh Lands of Chobe 

 — Buffalo — Island Inhabitants — Palm Wine- Situtunga Antelopes 

 — " Umbaracarungwe " Island — Dense Thorn-bush . 179-203 



CHAPTER XI 



Adventure with Elephants — Return to Mainland — Two Elephant-hunts 

 — Ten killed — Schinderhutte ; Tragic End — Two Buffalo Bulls — 

 Encounter with a Lioness — Return to Tati, and England 204-231 



PART II 



CHAPTER XII 



Land at Algoa Bay, 1876 — The Giraffe and its Habits— Giraffe-hunts 

 — Amandebele Marauders — Adventure with Lion — Narrow Escape 

 — Westbeech the Trader — Chase after Gemsbuck — Horse killed 

 by Lions ; wound the Male ; found dead by Bushmen soon after 



235-264 



CHAPTER XIII 



The South African Lion— Variation of Type — Habitats — Appearance 



Colour — Habits — Average Size — Unclean Feeders — Dangerous 



Antagonists — A sad Story — Lioness attacks Camp by night — Horse 

 wounded — Ruthven shot — Lioness killed — Shoot magnificent Lion 

 and two Lionesses ....... 2 65-2 8 7 



