XIV CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XV 



A BLUE WILDEBEEST HUNT 



PAGE 



A July morning — Desert scenery — The sight of game — 

 Preparations for the hunt — " Saddle up" — The troop 

 in motion — A hard gallop — A nasty fall — Eifle tactics 

 — A charge in line — An old bull hit — The finishing 

 stroke— The death 200 



CHAPTER XVI 



THE HIDE HUNTER 



A Transvaal Boer's camp — Skin-hunting — The old days 

 — A true nomad — Daybreak — Hans Botha — Away for 

 the veldt — Scenery — Spoor of the Zwart- wit-pens — 

 The game found — A wonderful picture — Death of a 

 Bull — The chase — Two more Sable Antelopes shot — 

 A fine morning's work — How the game vanishes ... 206 



CHAPTER XVII 



THE VANISHING ELAND 



Former abundance in Cape Colony — Last sanctuary in 

 the Kalahari — Persecution by native hunters — Diffi- 

 culties of protection — Disappearance of the fauna — 

 The Eland easily destroyed — Its present haunts — 

 Approaching extinction of the Unstriped Eland — 

 Former habitat — The Striped Eland — Immense size 

 of Elands — Large troops — Elands in captivity — A 

 dainty beast of chase — Prospect of preservation ... 213 



CHAPTER XVIII 



THE HARTEBEEST IN SOUTH AFRICA 



A characteristic South African Antelope — Vigilance, 

 fleetness, and staying powers — Still plentiful north of 

 Orange River — Bechuana cloaks — Boer names — 

 Ancient and present habitat — Independent of water 



