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A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS 



Skerm, ik-scription of, 73 



Skinner, Mr. Peter, 17 



Smaller antelopes, dry flesh of, 19 



Smallpox, ravages of, 316 



Smith, Sir Harry, 37 



Snider rifle, lo 



South Africa, night temperature, 21-22 



S Hithern Cross, 23 



Springbuck, 2, 5, 406 



Spur-winged goose, 305, 477, 485 



Standard-winged nightjar, 387 



Steinbuck, 5, 52, 397 



Sunta river, 423 



Susan, the pet baboon, 277 



Swart, Martinus, death of, 410 



Sykes, Rev. W., 38, 39, 346 



Tartar emetic, effects of, on hyaenas, 

 318 



Tati river, 33, 123, 124, 125, 235, 

 244 ; old Mashuna diggings near, 32 



Tauwani river, 17 



Tofts, Mr., 125, 163, 177 



Trading, first attempt at, 3 



Tragelaphus scriptus (harnessed ante- 

 lope), 299 



Tragelaphus Spcki'i (situtunga), 193, 333 



Tragelaphus syluatkus (bushbuck), 299 



Transvaal, open plains of, 20 



Tsessebe antelope, 52, ig8, 218, 245, 

 280, 348, 429 ; flesh of, 220 



Tsetse fly, the, 38, 41, 189, 376; 

 numbers of, 158 ; bite of, 158-160 ; 

 effect of bite on horses, 160 



Umbila river, the, 360 



Umfule river, 473 



Umgesi river, the, 350 



Umgooloo, Mount, 222 



Umniati river, the, 42, 52, 57, 350 ; 



junction with the Umfule, 473 

 Umparira, 144, 145 

 Umsengaisi river, 376 

 Umziligazi, king of the Amandebele, 



38, 71, 354; army of, 33 

 Umzobo seized by lioness, 278 



Vaal river, 3,4, 11 

 Vaughan, inferior rifle by, 3 



Veldt, lost in the, 20-28 



Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, 68, 70, 



72, 136, 137, 140; description of, 



130, 132, 134 

 Viljoen, Hendrick, 272 

 Viljoen, Mynheer Jan, 39, 40, 41, 45, 



46, 54, 348, 393 

 Viljoen, Mrs., 348, 393, 394 

 Vleys, Shakani, 27 

 Vungo river, 40, 348 



Waggon, price of, etc., 3, 9 ; travelling 

 by, 124; capsizing of, 350 



Wall, Henry, 177 



Wankie's Town, situation of, 226 



Warburg's fever tincture, 334; ex- 

 cellent properties of, 335 



Wart hog, 71, 192, 471 



Water, want of, 409-410 ; joy at sight 

 of, 412 



Waterbuck, 52, 132, 306, 350, 451, 



453, 471, 485, 489 j meat of, 181 

 Water-hole, 31 



Water-lilies, beautiful blue, 477 

 Water-vleys, Shakani, 27 

 Weather, heat of, 5, 301 

 Weyand, Karl, a Boer hunter, 377 

 White-headed fish-eagle, 485 

 Wild boars, 71 t 



Wild dogs, 15, 384-385 /. 



Wildebeests, 218, 220 

 Wild pigs, 96, 218, 320, 343, 359, 



389, 489 

 Williams, Mr. William, 12 

 Witte SantI, remarkable appearance of, 8 

 Wood, Mr. George, <)j et scq., 164, 177, 



226, 347, 352, 353, 355, 358, 361, 



362, 371, 372, 378, 380, 390, 392 

 Wood, Mr. Swithin, 399 



Zambesi river, 38, 70, 125, 130, 136, 

 315, 317 ; falls of, 68, 70, 72, 136, 

 137, 140 ; heat of valley of, 301 



Zebras, 52, 71, 75, 76, 96, 123, 162, 

 225, 322, 330, 341, 348, 390, 406, 



429, 434, 477, 482 

 Zulus, 70 ; huts of, 36 

 Zwang Indaba, deserted town of, 39 

 Zweswe river, 351, 378 



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