500 



A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS 



Camel-thorn trees, 157 



Campbell's-florp, Griquas at, 4 



Canyemba, the chief, 311, 312, 318, 

 319, 336; description of, 315 j re- 

 sidence of, 316 ; unfriendly conduct 

 of, 336 



Cape Colony, 6 ; absence of trees in, 13 



Caprimulgus mo-zambicus, 387 



Cliaiza river, 302 



Chobe bushbuck, the, 298 



Chobe river, 18, 177, 178, 179 



Chorumane's town, 322 



Christmas Day, wonderful pudding on, 

 5 ; melancholy dinner on, 324 ; a 

 miserable Christmas, 445 



Chuma-Malisse, 122 



Cigar, the Hottentot, 45, 48, 53, 54- 



56, 58, 59 



Clarkson, Mr. IMatthew, 347, 352, 



353» 355> 360, 362, 371, 377, 3'8, 

 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, 

 420 ; struck by lightning, 421 

 Cobb & Co.'s coach, i 

 Cobui Vardoni (Pookoo), 135 

 CoUison, Mr. H. C, 266, 276, 280, 

 286, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 441, 



447 . 

 Cosmetorn'n 'vexillarius, ^87 

 Crested bustard, 401, 416 

 Crocodiles, 62, 306, 405 ; superstitions 



concerning, 462 

 Cromwell, Mount, 345 

 Crook, Dr., 276, 277, 280, 447 

 Cross, Mr. Alfred, 347, 353, 359, 363, 



369, 371, 377, 378, 380, 38^ 392 



Da Costa, Joaquim, 319, 331 



Daka, 224 



Daka river, 125 



Damara king, embassy to, 5 



Daniel's Kuil, 1 1 



Dawney, the Hon. Guy, 67 



Dett, valley of, 97 



Diamond Fields, 2, 10, I I, 63 



Diego, Manoel, 313-315 



Dog "Bill" seized by crocodile, 62; 



sad end of, 389 

 Dogs, native, 196 

 Donkeys killed by hyjenas, 317 

 Dorehill, Mr. G., 11, 13, 18, 37, 62, 



63, 227, 228, 235, 238, 240, 241, 



242, 255, 289 

 Dovecots introduced by Portuguese, 



454 



Drake, Mr., 291 

 Druten, Van, 9 



Eagle, the white-headed fish, 136 



Egyptian geese, 305, 485 



Elands, 48, 52, 71, 217, 310, 322, 

 351, 359, 373, 375, 382, 388, 390, 

 397, 398 



Elephants, signs of, 48 ; spoor of, 49 ; 

 first sight of, 49 ; flesh of, 50 ; herd 

 of, 50 ; mysterious disappearance 

 of, 185, 1885 large herd of, 213; 

 habits of, etc., 221 ; climbing 

 powers of, 100 ; wonderful escape 

 from, 365 ; immense strength of, 

 358 ; favourite food of, 383 ; curi- 

 osity of, 435 ; encounters with, etc., 

 51,53,54,55,58,59,68,71,77,80- 

 85, 89-94, 99, 103-122, 126-128, 

 150-153, 161-164, 168-175, 185- 

 188, 203, 205-217, 220, 360-371, 



373, 430, 443, 477-482 

 Elliott, Rev. W., Christmas with, 395 

 Enfield rifle, 10 

 Engelbreght, Cornelius, a Boer hunter, 



377 



Fairbairn, Mr. James, 123 



Fever, all down with, 334 ; continued, 

 335; relapse of, 336, 338; sharp 

 attack of, 419 ; further attacks of, 

 4:54, 436 ; repeated attacks of, 439 



Finaughty, Mr. W., 65 



Firmin, grave of, 33 



Fish, spearing of, 197 



French, Mr. R., 420, 421, 424, 425, 

 426, 429; absence of, 432, 433; 

 death of, etc., 436-441 



Funnell, Mr., 7 



Game, herds of, coming to drink, 442 

 Game shot, list of, 231, 493-497 

 Garden, Mr. J. L., 124, 141, 149, 

 150, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 172, 



177, 225 

 Garden, Captain, 124, 150, 163, 172, 



177 

 I Gemsbuck, habits ot, encounters with, 



etc., 8, 23, 257-259, 401, 404 



Giffard, Mr. J., 65 



Giraffes, peculiar gait of, 19 j speed of, 

 19 ; first sight of, 19 ; good eating, 

 19 ; habits, distribution, chase of, 



