CONTENTS xxvii 



CHAPTER XV 



SOME CURIOUS HUNTING EXPERIENCES 



Contrast between Rhodesia to-day and long ago — The old days the best — 

 White rhinoceroses and elephants drinking — A night on the Sikumi 

 river — Abundance of big game — A white rhinoceros visits my camp — 

 My queerest experience — Meet with two black rhinoceroses — A near 

 approach — Rhinoceros knocked down — Apparently dead — Commence 

 to cut it up — Rhinoceros regains consciousness — Gets on its legs — And 

 runs off — Another curious experience — Buffaloes and tse-tse flies — 

 Meeting with lioness — Hammer of rifle lost — Bushmen sent in search of 

 it — Lions met with — Lion and lioness stand close to me — The chance 

 of a lifetime — Rifle misses fire — Lions run off — Lion again seen — Rifle 

 useless — Throw it at the lion — The irony of fate . . Pages 270-282 



CHAPTER XVI 



FURTHER CURIOUS HUNTING EXPERIENCES 



Travelling through the wilderness — Find deep pool of water — Meet 

 with two tsessebe antelopes — Shoot them both — Cover one of them 

 with dry grass to keep off vultures — Ride back to waggon — Return 

 to pool of water — Find tsessebe antelope gone — Never recovered — 

 Journey to Bamangwato — Gemsbuck seen — Stalk spoilt — Long, stern 

 chase — Gemsbuck wounded — Lost through glare of setting sun — 

 Wildebeest seen — Return to waggon — Arrival of Count von Schweinitz 

 — Lost gemsbuck found — Two hartebeests shot , . . 283-292 



CHAPTER XVn 



INCIDENTS OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THE NORTHERN KALAHARI 



Southern Rhodesia — Country farther west still a primeval wilderness — Seldom 

 traversed by white men — Scarcity of water — Remarkable rain-storm — 

 Porcupine flooded out — Every hollow filled with water — All game in 

 good condition — Many varieties encountered — Large herd of elephants 

 — Four large bulls — Wariness of elephants — Lions roaring near camp — 

 Search for them on the following morning — Large male seen and chased 

 into thick bush — Successful encounter with a second male . 293-301 



CHAPTER XVIII 



THE LAST OF SOUTH AFRICA'S GAME HAUNTS 



Decrease of game in South Africa — ^Journey from Mashunaland to the East 

 African coast — Find country full of game — Elephants — Great herds of 



