INDEX 



355 



Roads, waggon, through fly-infested 



countries, 153 f. 

 Roaring of lions, 89 

 Rocks. See Paintings 

 Roosevelt, President, " Foreward " 



by, xi-xix ; letter from, to the 



author, 1 907, 200 

 Rooyen, CorneHs van, hybrid harte- 



beest shot by, 36 ; and the chase of 



the wild dogs, 123 ; and the chetahs, 



126 

 Rothschild, Hon. Walter, giraffe of, 



in the Tring Museum, 218 

 Ryall, C. H., killed by a man-eater, 



50 



Sabi river, chetah cubs found near, 



129 ; inyalas found near, 225 

 St. Lucia Bay, 166 ; inyalas near, 225 

 Salisbury, capital of Mashunaland, 48 

 Salt, rock, found at Makari-kari, 264 

 Sanyati river, 135 

 Scent, carnivorous animals hunting 



by, 14, 18; keenness of rhinoceros's, 



189 ; the giraffe's keenness of, 212 

 Schweinitz, Count von, and the 



gemsbuck, 290 

 Sclater, Dr., inyala skin sent to, by 



Sir Alfred Sharpe, 1891, 226 

 Sebakwe river, in Mashunaland, 123 

 Sebitwane, chief of the Makololo, 



162 ; Dr. Livingstone's visit to, 



1853, 163 

 Sekeletu, Sebitwane's son, Dr. 



Livingstone's visit to, 186 1, 164 

 Sell, Mr., traveUing with the author 



from Tlakani, 313 

 "Selous," John, description of, 333 ; 



his native language, 334 

 Shangani river, tse-tse flies at the, 



1873, 163 



Sharpe. See Grogan and Sharpe 



Sharpe, Sir Alfred, his opinions on 

 the tse-tse fly, published in the 

 Field, 1 50 ; inyala skin sent to Dr. 

 Sclater by, 1891, 226 



Shashi river, buffaloes plentiful near 

 the, 152 



Sheep, Barbary, colour of, 6 



Shoshong, chief town of Khama's 

 people, 324 ; the author at, 325 



Sight, small use of, in carnivorous 

 animals, 14, 18; dulness of, of rhino- 

 ceroses, 189 ; strong, of the giraffe, 

 206 ; keen, of the gemsbuck, 257 ; 

 keen, of vultures, 260 



Sikumi river, elephants drinking at, 

 271 



Situtunga, coloration of, 31, -^-i, 



Smell, strong, of zebras, 22 ; of hons, 



disagreeable to domestic animals, 



97 ; of hyaenas, 116 ; of giraffes, 216 



Steinbuck, small antelope, 16 



Stigand, Capt., injured by a black 



rhinoceros, 195 

 Stockade made by natives, as a de- 

 fence against lions, 53 

 Sungwe, Lake, 89 

 Surroundings, influence of, on the 



coloured coats of animals, 39 

 Swahilis, hunting rhinoceroses, 197 

 Swart, Martinus, Boer hunter, 179 

 Symptoms of the disease caused by 

 tse-tse fly bites, 171 



Tamalakan river, 136 ; tse-tse flies 

 numerous near the, in 1853, 153 



Tana river, wild animals in the, 20I 



Tanganyika, Lake, 66 



Tati, river, 82 



Teale, death of, killed by a lion in 

 Mashunaland, 67 



Tembe river, inyalas near, 225 



Teoge. See Okavango 



Thamma - Setjie, on the road to 

 Zambesi, 192 



Thomson's gazelle. See Gazelle 



Tinkarn, head of Khama's people, 

 his preference for hyoena meat, 117; 

 one of Khama's chiefs, 312 ; travel- 

 ling with the author, 313; his 

 influence over Bushmen, 335 



Tlakani, journey of the author and 

 his friends from, to Klabala, 

 Christmas 1879, 313-327 



Transvaal, Northern, infested by tse- 

 tse flies, 1845, 151 ; gold found in, 

 152 



Trap, made by Mr. Costello, to catch 

 a man-eater, 52 ; hyaena breaking a 

 large iron trap, 108 



Travel and Adventure in South-East 

 Africa, 332 



Tring Museum, giraffe at, 218 



Tripanosomes, tse - tse fly blood 

 parasites, 171 



Truscott, Jim, trader in Shoshong, 

 325 



Tsessebes, hunting and shooting, 

 284 f. 



Tse - tse flies, connection between 

 buffaloes and, 149 ; Sir Alfred 

 Sharpe on the, 150; disappearance 

 of the, 151 f., 156; causes of the 

 increase of, 1 59 ; dangers of the 

 sting of, to cattle, 161 ; its con- 

 ditions of existence, 166 ; Dr. 

 Livingstone's remarks on, 167 ; 



