CONTENTS. 



XV 



A waggon encampment, . p. 170 



Starting for a final clay, . .171 



Driving a herd, . . . 172-174 



An enormous bull, . . p. 175 



A nasty collision, . . . .176 



An unusually large bag, . .177 



CHAPTER IV. 



ELEPHANT. 



An African summer's evening, 



The great reed fields, 



A herd of rogue elephants, 



Lost in the reeds, 



An oasis, .... 



A lonely camp, 



Noises of the night, 



A tuskless cow, 



Finding my way out. 



Shooting a hippopotamus. 



The signal gun, 



Hard work attendant on elephant 



shooting, .... 

 The spoor of an old bull, 

 A miserable night. 

 In want of food, 

 Crossing the river. 

 Heavy rain. 

 Still on the spoor, 

 The first shot. 



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Reward for our exertions, 



A determined charge. 



In hiding — Hunter's Law 



Finding a herd, 



A beautiful sight, . 



Killing a bull. 



Breaking up the carcase, 



Killing with a single bullet. 



Driven out of the jungle. 



Concealed under a fallen tree, 



A furious herd. 



Districts frequented by elephant, . 213 



Umzila's country, . . 214, 215 



Danger encountered in elephant- 

 shooting, ..... 



Rogue elephants rare. 



The " horse-sickness," . .218 



Best marks to aim at, . 



Protest against the wholesale de- 

 struction of elejjhants, . .221 



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CHAPTER V. 



LIONS. 



Account of a hunter — Lioness with 

 three cubs — Another instance of 

 self-possession, .... 241 

 Man killed by a lioness — Unex- 

 pected encounters, . . . 242 

 Running away, .... 243 

 Instantaneous death, . . . 244 

 Instance of a lion attacking a human 



being — Camp on the Nkwavuma, 245 

 A herd of buffalo, .... 246 

 Meeting a lioness, .... 247 

 Tambuti grass, .... 248 

 Lion and lioness — Umdumela speaks 



to the lion, .... 249 



The lioness goes away, . . . 250 



Tracking the lion, . . . .251 



Anecdote of a lion — Two men 



killed, .... 252-254 



