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AFRICAN NATURE NOTES 



African lion brought to England 



by, 83 



Gugawi, the Amatonga headman, 240 

 Guinea-fowls, numerous on the Usutu 



river, 249 

 Gwai river, in Matabeleland, 102 ; 



tse-tse flies near, 1873, 163 



Hanyani river, in Mashunaland, 15 ; 

 farm devastated by a lioness near, 

 68 



Hare, Polar, white winter coat of, 41 



Harris, Sir Cornwallis, and the mis- 

 take concerning bonteboks and 

 blesboks, 38 ; his drawings of 

 lions, 81 ; his hunting expedition 

 in South Africa, 1836-37, 180 



Harrison, Col. J. J., quotation from, 

 concerning the Somali giraffe, 28 



Hartebeest, coloration of a, 24 ; 

 mixed species of, 35 ; hybrid harte- 

 beest shot by Cornells van Rooyen, 



36 



Hartley Hills, in Mashunaland, 166 

 Hayes-Sadler, Sir James, his report 



on black rhinoceroses, 199 

 Hearing, keen sense of, in antelopes, 



30 ; keenness of, of rhinoceroses, 



189 

 Heart and liver, choice pieces of 



meat in a wild animal, 115; of 



elephant, as food, 133 

 Herodotus, lions common in Europe 



at the time of, 83 

 Hide of the giraffe, 217 

 Hippopotamuses, 306 

 Horns, length of gemsbucks', 267 ; 



commercial value of rhinoceroses', 



188 

 Horse, bitten by a lion, 263 ; mean- 

 ing of a "salted," 283 n. 

 Hottentots, language of, 332 

 Howl of the hycena, 115 ; of the wild 



dog, 121 

 Huebner, Mr., and the death of Mr. 



Ryall, 50 

 Hunter'' s WajideHngs, A, published in 



1881, 187 

 Hysna, spotted, character of the, 98 ; 



example of the audacity of the, 99 f. ; 



preferred food of the, 103 ; old 



slaves and witches given to, 104 ; 



strength of the jaws of, 107 ; 



strength of, 108; courage of, no; 



howl of, 115; flesh of, a choice 



meat, 117 ; whelps of, 118 



Impala antelope, killed by wild dogs, 

 121 



Inyala, coloration of, 31 ; a variety 

 of antelope, 222 ; description of 

 the, 223, 227 ; habitat of, 226 ; 

 shot near Cape Maclear, 1866, 227 ; 

 doe and male shot by the author, 

 242 



Jackson, F. J., C.B., his article " The 

 Lion," on the trouping of lions, 

 77 ; his opinion on rhinoceroses, 

 198 

 Jackson's hartebeest. See Hartebeest 

 Jacobs, Petrus, Boer hunter, 179 

 James, F. L. , giraffe killed by, 217 

 Jameson, J. A., and the chetah, 127 

 Jantje, Black, elephant hunter, and 

 the lion, 54 ; his account of a Bush- 

 man killed by a lion, 71 

 Jerdon, Mammals of India by, 128 

 Johnston, Sir H. H,, on the habitat 



of the inyala, 226 

 Jomani river, 1 03 



"Kattea," name of pigmy Bushmen, 

 mentioned by Prof. Keane, 331 



Kazungula, free from tse-tse flies in 

 1885, 157, 159 



Keane, Prof., The Boer States hy, 331 



Keitloa, a variety of rhinoceros, 183 



Khama, his people's liking for hyjena 

 meat, 117 ; the author's help to his 

 people, 144 ; Tinkarn, one of his 

 chiefs, 312; praise of his govern- 

 ment, 339 



Kimberley, De Beers Compound at, 

 104 



Kingsley, hunting experience of, with 

 a lioness, 276 



Kirby, Vaughan, his account of a 

 hyaena, 118; contribution of, to 

 Great and Small Game of Africa^ 



195 

 Kirk, Sir John, at Linyanti, with Dr. 



Livingstone, 1861, 164 

 Kirton, George, his account of a 



black rhinoceros, 1868, 186 

 Klabala, safe arrival of the author's 



party at, 1879, 327 

 Klas Lucas, Korana chief, 329, 334 

 Knight - Bruce, Bishop, his donkeys 



killed by tse-tse fly bites, 172 

 Knox, Col., and his Soudanese lion, 



84 

 Knysna forest in Cape Colony, 135 

 Koch, Dr., and the epidemic of rinder- 

 pest, 137 

 Koodoo, description of a, 30 ; keen 



sense of hearing of the, 30 ; hunted 



by wild dogs, 121 



