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INDEX 



217, 221, 222; present haunts, 

 218; striped and unstriped, 219, 

 220, 221 ; size of unstriped, 220, 

 221 ; immense troops, 221 ; in cap- 

 tivity, 221, 222; beautiful skin of, 

 223 ; prospect of preservation, 213, 

 224 

 Elephants, 206, 286, 290, 297, 299, 

 306 



Falcons, Falco hiarmlcus, 17 



Finch, scarlet reed, 63 



Flowers, wealth of, 98 



Flycatchers, 61 



Foxhounds, in Bechuaualand, 110 — 

 126 ; jackal hunting, 110, 111, 112, 

 118—121, 124 ; steinbok hunting, 



111, 113, 117, 119, 120, 124 ; duy- 

 ker hunting, 111, 113, 117, 120, 

 124 ; nature of hunting-ground, 



112, 117—119 ; meet with, 115 ; 

 good runs with, 117 — 121 ; in 

 Rhodesia, 125 ; at the Cape, 121, 

 122 



Francolin, red-billed, habits, 12 ; 

 shooting, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21 ; Coqui, 

 22, 25 ; Orange Eiver, 46, 47 ; 

 Swainson's, 70 ; grey-wing, 94 



Game, great, in Cape Colony, 96, 295, 

 302—304; preservation of, 224; 

 extermination of, 280, 281 ; ancient 

 pursuit of, 282, 283 ; waste of, by 

 Romans, 283 ; native hunters, 

 283, 284 ; modern firearms and, 

 284 ; in early days of Cape settlers, 

 285, 286, 287 ; in 1796, 288 ; in 

 1812, 289; in 1835, 289; extra- 

 ordinary abundance of, 290, 291 ; 

 great British hunters of, 291, 300 

 — 303 ; destruction of, between 

 1840 and 1875, 292, 293; great 

 drive of, for Duke of Edinburgh, 

 292 ; quantities shot, 294 ; in 1890 

 -91, 304 ; scarcity of in Natal, Zulu- 

 land, Amatongaland and Swaziland, 

 304; in Bechuaualand, Transvaal, 

 Ngamiland and Kalahari, 304 — 

 307 ; in Mashonaland, 307 ; laws 

 for protection of, 308 ; proposed 

 park for, 309, 310 



Game birds (see Bustards, Francolin, 

 Guinea-fowl, Sand-grouse), enemies 

 of, 18 ; close time in British Bechu- 

 aualand, 51 ; species of, 53 ; of 

 Cape Colony, 97 



Gamtoos river, 89 



Gemsbok, 194, 230, 295 



Giraife, dearth of, 127 ; sum offered 

 by Zoological Society, 127 ; female 

 captured by Boers, 128 ; early 

 mention of, 128 — 132 ; capture of, 

 130-132 ; paces of, 133 ; habitat, 

 134 ; fossil remains of, 135 ; char- 

 acteristics of, 135, 136 ; marrow- 

 bones, 137 ; flesh of, 137 ; speed, 

 138 ; large troop of, 138 ; colouring 

 of, 139 ; use of tail-hairs, 139 ; 

 new form of, 139 ; name and deriva- 

 tion, 141 ; native names of, 143 ; 

 best country for capture, 143, 147 ; 

 cost of procuring living specimens, 

 145—147 ; food of, 149 ; one hun- 

 dred and fifty seen in one day, 290 



Gnu, brindled. See Wildebeest, blue. 



Gnu, white-tailed, fast disappearing, 

 252 ; present numbers, 253 ; habi- 

 tat, 253 ; curious characteristics, 

 254; Sparrmann's and Barrow's 

 description, 254; height of bull, 

 255 ; description of, 255 ; a danger- 

 ous beast, 255 ; resemblance of 

 horns to musk-ox, 256 ; grotesque 

 evolutions, 256, 257 ; Gordon 

 Cummiug's description, 257 ; in- 

 quisitive traits, 257 ; ravages of 

 "brandt sickte," 258; domestica- 

 tion, 258, 259 ; ancient habitat, 259 ; 

 liking for quagga and ostriches, 

 260 ; specimens at Zoological 

 Society's Gardens, 260 ; likeness to 

 cattle, 261 ; specimens in Natural 

 History Museum, 262 ; former 

 abundance, 291 



Guinea-fowl, good eating, 67 ; sport 

 with, 68—70, 72, 73 ; shooting with 

 pointer, 69, 72 ; abundance of, 71, 

 72 ; drinking, 73, 75 ; how to get 

 among, 72, 74 ; treeing, 74 ; ambula- 

 tory powers, 75; prolific species, 76; 

 nest of, 76 ; domestication, 76 ; 

 species of, 76, 77 ; plumage for 

 feathering arrows, 77 ; tendencies 

 of tame birds, 78. 



Harris, Cornwallis, 179, 183, 218, 229, 

 245, 259, 261, 267, 290, 291, 297 



Hartebeest, 194, 195 ; a characteristic 

 South African antelope, 225 ; 

 vigilance, fleetness and staying 

 powers, 225 ; plentiful north of 

 Orange River, 226 ; skin cloak 



