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difficulty, inade liis \v;iv Itack in llic last stag-es of exhaustion. 

 Early in 1S90 lu' led the pioneer expedition of the Chartered 

 (\)nipany into JVlashonaland, and so saved that valuable eonntrv 

 t'roni Portuguese annexation. 



The next two years were sjient on survevini;' and similar 

 work for the Cliartered Company, and in 1802 Selous returned to 

 Phig'land. In 1 Si);5 he published 'Travel and Adventure in South- 

 Kast Africa.' whicli c'ontained not only an aeeoiuit of his many 

 adventures since the ])ul)licati()n of his former hook, hul also 

 i^'lowing" deso'iptions of the ])otentialiiies of IVFashonaland and 

 jNIaniealand. IJeturning to Ivhodesia in ihe same ycai', he assisted 

 in the su])pi'ession of the iirst Matahele insurrection; he then came 

 home, as he thought, foi' good, and soon afterwards married Marie 

 Catlicrine Gladys (daughtei' of the late Canon Maddy ) who siu'vives 

 him. In ISO-") he irturned to l\hodesia with his wife to lake u|) 

 the management of an estate, and was thus in time to serve 

 through the second Matahele AYar. during which liis lunnestead 

 was hurnt hy the rehels. In ISOC) he emhodied tlicsc ex]ici'ienccs, 

 together with a I'cview of the causes of the Matahele wais and of 

 the resources u\' Cliai'tcrland, in a hook entitled 'Smishine and 

 Stoi'm in Hhoilcsia." 



From this time onwards Selous gratilied his ruling ])assion, 

 hiff-srame shooting, rather as an amateur than as a i)rofessional. 

 In 1S94— '■) he visited Asia Minor on a hunting torn-, and in 1897 

 and 1898 he made two tri])s to the Rocky Mountains. In 1900, 

 1901, and 1905 he shot in Newfoundland. In 1904 and 190G he 

 was on the Macniillan IJivci' in the Yukon territory of Xorth- 

 Western Canada. In later years he once mon; tiuTied his attention 

 to Africa, this time to Ib'itish East Africa and the Nile. Through- 

 out his career Heloiis was much uiore than merely a successful 

 game-shooter. AYherever he went he took the deepest interest in 

 the habits and personality of all animals encountered. Keen 

 observation, indefatigable ])atience. and a retentive memory com- 

 bined to make him a Held naturalist of veiT exce]>tioual excellence; 

 and these (pialities, togethei- with his enormous ex])erience, I'aised 

 him to the ])osition of acknowledged thij/cu of the whole tribe of 



