CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



EHINOCEROS. 



The Black Umfolosi, . , p. 72 



Sufferings from thirst, . . .73 



Shooting an antelope, . . .74 



The camp charged by a rhinoceros, 75, 76 

 Tracking its spoor — Firing a volley 

 — Its cunning, . . . .77 



Its death S3 



Number of species in Africa, . . 83 



Description of, . . . 84-86 



Waterholes, 89 



Quantity and variety of game which 



frequent them, . . . 87, 88 



Watching them at night, . . 89 



A troop of lions during a thunder- 

 storm, . . . . .90 

 Watching a waterhole for two nights 



and a day, . . . .90 



Large bag, . . . . .91 



The duiker antelope, . . .92 



A herd of koodoos, . . .93 



Stalking a rhinoceros by moonlight, 94 

 An unpleasant predicament, . . 95 



Sleeping in a tree, . . .96 



A black rhinoceros, . . .97 



The ititihoya plover, . . .98 



A herd of rhinoceros, . . .99 



Causes of missing, . . .100 



Finisbing off a wounded one, . 101 



Vegetable caves, . . . .102 



The lair of an upetyane, . . p. 103 



An excited animal, . . .104 



A herd of wild jiigs, . . .105 



The leopard's victim, . . .106 



Risking a long shot, . . . 107 



Hyenas, . . . . .108 



A large herd of buffalo, . . 109 



A stratagem, . . . .110 



The hardening of bullets, . .111 



Effects of soft and hard bullets, 112-114 

 The best bore for guns, . . 115, 116 



Capturing a young rhinoceros, 117-119 

 Habitat of the different species, 120, 121 

 My first introduction to a kulu- 



mane, ..... 122 



Forming an ambuscade, . .123 



A broken-legged cow, . . .124 



The habitat of K Keit/oa, . .125 

 Shooting one with a single ball, . 126 

 General habits of the rhinoceros, . 127 

 Best place at which to aim, . .128 



Savageness of R. bicornls, . .129 

 A hunter killed, . . . .130 



A black rhinoceros spares a baby, . 131 

 Two thousand men put to flight by 



one, 132 



An African scene, . . .133 



Personal adventure with one, . 134 



An ill-famed spot, . . . .135 



CHAPTER III. 



ELAND. 



Return of a hunter, . . .138 



The bouey-bird, . . . .139 



The boney-himter, . . . 140 



A troop of elands, .... 141 

 A trying race — Running down an 



eland, 142 



An old blue bull, . . . .143 



Species of eland, . . . .145 



The striped variety, . . . 146 



A great herd, . . . .147 



An unexpected shot, . . .148 



Tribute to native hunters, . .149 



A disputed buffalo, . . 150, 151 



How to make a waterproof hut, 152, 153 



