I NDEX 



Aberdare Mountains, 5, (j, ,301. 



Abyssinia, 211. 



Ainsworth, li. M. Commissioner, 



272. 

 Albert Nyanza, 9,3. 

 American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, collecting specimens for, 

 25-26. 

 Americano, 7. 

 Antelopes, 16. 



characteristics of, 152-153. 



diminishing herds of, 154. 



habitat of, 153. 



Hunter's, 16. 



roan, i6oj^. 



sable, 165-166. 

 Arabia, 32, 184. 

 Asgar, 36, 37, 39- 

 Asiatic elephant, 52, 53. 

 Askaris, 22. 

 Athi Plains, 2, 197. 



game on, 2. 



hunting on, 4, 82, 169. 

 Athi River, 90, 154, 237. 



B 



Baboons, 9. 



destructiveness of, 222. 



habits of, 221. 

 Baker, Sir Samuel, 88. 

 Bantu race of negroes, 245. 

 Baringo, Lake, 8, 124, 237. 



district of, 174. 



Barker, Mr., 81. 

 P.arnct, Mr. and Mrs., 8. 

 lilack snake (poisonous), 234. 

 Piongo, 6, 9, 16. 



British East Africa, climate and 

 topography of, i. 



diminishing game of, 300, 303. 



game laws of, 13-19. 



hunting grounds in, 2, 5-12. 



rainfall in, 2. 



scanty population of, 254. 



seasons in, 13. 



variety of game in, 302. 

 Buffalo, 6, 9, 12, 15. 



appearance of, size of, etc., 104-105. 



Cape, habitat of, 103, 106. 



Congo, Abyssinian, Senegambrian 

 and gray, 103. 



habits of, 106. 



hunting of, 107, 109. 

 Bush buck, 6, 9, 12, 17, 180. 

 Bush pig, 9. 



giant, 223. 



habits of, characteristics of, etc., 

 222. 

 Bustard, giant, size of, habits of, etc., 



239- 

 smaller species of, 240. 



Cape bufifalo, 6, 9, 12, 15, I03#. 

 Cape Colony, 167, 173, 201. 

 Caravan, almost lost, lOjff. 

 Central Africa, 113, 181. 

 Chameleon, 235. 



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