356 



AFRICAN NATURE NOTES 



bite of, 170; when most trouble- 

 some, 174 ; curious effect of the 

 bites of, 176 

 Tubers, water-conserving, known to 

 natives and wild animals, 209 



Uganda Railway, coolies killed by 



man-eaters, 49 

 Umay river, in Matabeleland, 53 

 Umfuli river, in Mashunaland, 26 

 Umsengaisi river, 135 

 Umshlangeni, Mission Station at, 176 

 Umziligazi, father of Lo Bengula, 94 ; 



founder of the Matabele nation, 



162 

 Umzingwani river, 80 

 Umzweswe river, tse-tse flies near the, 



168 

 Ungwesi river, 55 

 Usutu river, inyalas plentiful near 



the, 247 ; guinea-fowls on the, 249 



Vaal river, 40 

 Vaalpens, meaning of, 331 

 Viljoen,Jan, Boer hunter, 179 

 Vultures, strong sight of, 260 



Walfisch Bay, 268 



Wall, Henry, elephant hunter, and 

 the lion, 54 



Wallace, Alfred Russel, quotation 

 from, on the colour of wild animals, 

 2 ; on the colour of wild animals, 



9, 34 

 Wankies, coal-mine at, 163 

 Ward, Rowland, Grea^ and Small 



Game of Africa, published by, 38 ; 



and a giraffe killed by the author, 



217 

 Wart-hogs, 306 

 Water, vegetable substitute for, 209 ; 



giraffes said to be independent of, 



for months at a time, 211; sufferings 



caused by scarcity of, 315 f. ; 



travelling after, 318 f. ; instinct of 



cattle after, 322 

 Waterberg, in Northern Transvaal, 



151 

 Waterbucks, 305 

 Westbeech, George, his opinion on 



the disappearance of the tse-tse fly, 



15-8 

 Whelps of hyenas, 1 18 

 Wild Beasts and Theh' Ways, by 



Samuel Baker, 201 

 Winter, colouring of wild animals in, 



11,41 

 Wissels, Mr., the author's journey 



with, to Amatongaland, 1896, 229, 



251 



Witchcraft, punishment of, in Africa, 

 105 ; trials for, in Matabeleland, 

 107- 



Witwaters Rand, gold found in, 325 



Women used as porters in Amatonga- 

 land, 233 



Wood, George, hunting experience 

 of, 187 



Young, Lieutenant, the Livingstone 

 search expedition commanded by, 

 1866, 227 



Yukon Territory, colouring of the 

 wild animals of, in winter, 1 1 



Zambesi river, Burchell's zebras 

 plentiful near, 21 ; bushbucks found 

 near, 32 ; tse-tse flies along the, c. 

 1878, 154 



Zebras, colouring of different races of, 

 5 ; Grant's zebras, 5 ; beauty of 

 Burchell's zebra, 21 ; strong smell 

 of, 22 ; friendly inquisitiveness of, 



305 

 Zoutpansberg, in Northern Transvaal, 



151 

 Zumbo, on the Zambesi, 176 



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