CON'lEN IS xxiii 



CIIAI'TKR V 



NO'IKS ON Nil'. I, ION {aifK /ui/cd) 



Method of opening a carcase Removal of paunch and entrails — iJons 

 skilful butchers — Paunch and entrails not usually eaten — Lions not 

 hone-eaters— Will cat putrid meat— Will sometimes devour their own 

 kind— Number of cubs at birth -Check on inordinate increase of 

 carnivorous animals The lion's roar Diversity of (Opinion concerning 

 its power F'rf)bable exjdanalion- Volume of sound when several lions 

 roar in unison A nerve-shakinj; experience Lions silent when 

 approaching^ their prey l<f)ar after killinf^ And in answer to one 

 another — Lif)ns only roar freely in undisturbed districts- Lions essenti- 

 ally game-killers— liut change their habits with circumstances — Killing 

 lions with spear and shield — Hambaleli's splendid courage — Lions 

 killed by liushmen with poisoned arrows — Behaviour of domestic 

 animals in the presence f»f lions — Cattle sometimes terrified, at other 

 times show no fe;i.r I':i{jr-s 85-97 



CIIAI'TICR VI 



NOTFvS ON WW. SI'O'flKI) MY/I'-NA 



Character of hy.enas Contrasted witii that of wolvf. Story iilusl rating.; the 

 strength an<l audacity of a spotted hyiena — I low a goat was seized and 

 carried off -A mean trick Boldness of hyii^nas near native villages ■ 

 More suspicious in the wilderness— Very destructive to native live stock 

 — Will sometimes enter native huts — Giving an old woman to the 

 hywnas — How the smelling out of witches benefited the hyx-nas — 

 •'Come out, missionary, and give us the witch" — Numljcr of hya.nas 

 infesting Matabeleland in olden limes— Trials ff)r witchcraft in Mata- 

 beleland— I'"of)d of hyxnas- Strength of jaws— Charged by a wounded 

 hyy^na — Heavy trap brf)ken up Killing hy.enas with set guns - Ilyxna 

 held by dogs — I Iy;i:na attacked by wild dogs— face of hy:enas- Curious 

 experience on the Mababi plain 'i'he liy;ena's howl — Rhinoceros calf 

 killed by hyx-nas— Smell of hy.enas - 1 Iya;na meat a delicacy — Small 

 cows and donkeys easily killed by hy.xnas— Size and weight of the 

 spotted hyeena — Number of wli'lp; 98-1 iX 



CHAJ'TIOR VII 



NO'IKS ON Wn-I> DOOS AND CMI'/rAIIS 



Wild dogs not very numerous- Hunt in packs— Attack herd of buffaloes 

 — First experience with wild dogs — Impala antelope killed -Koodoo 

 cow driven into shcfl— Koodoo driven to waggon —Wild dogs not 

 dangerous to human beings— Greatly feared by all antelopes —Wild dog 

 pursuing sabW; anteU)pe— Great pace displayed Wild dogs capable 

 of running down every kind of Afrif.an antelope (General oi)inif)n as 



