CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



BUFFALO. 



Hunting camp in Eastern Africa, p. 1 



Troop of inii)alla, . 



Water-anteloi)e, 



Saved by a rhinoceros-bird — Buffalo 



bull, .... 



Difficult position, . 

 A mud-bath — A foolish shot, . 

 Following the spoor, 



The reeds, 9- 



Death of a solitary. 



Best place for buffalo-shootin! 



Good day on the Nkwavuma, 

 Anecdote of a lion. 

 Two old bulls, 

 The " strong names," 

 A valuable hint, 

 Following a wounded buffalo, 

 Its death, .... 

 A tremendous fusilade — Three troops 



of buffalo — Curious scene, . 

 Ijarge buffalo cow. 

 Shooting a rhinoceros-bird — Danger 



in the reeds, 

 A furious charge, . 

 Surrounded by buffalo — Honesty of 



the hunters. 

 Twenty-nine buffaloes killed — Curi 



ous spectacle. 

 Combat between two bulls, . 24, 

 Breeding season. 

 Two curious assertions of native 



hunters, .... 

 Anecdote of a hiinter — The Pongolo. 

 Picturesque encampment — The "im 



palla-catcher," 

 Catching a Ijuffalo calf, . 

 A miserable coward, 

 A serious injury — Species of buffalo. 

 The Bombo mountains — The grey 



monkey — A magniticent view, 

 A curious cover — Remarkable 



strength of the buffalo. 



themselves re- 

 their master's 



Description of a foi'est buffalo — Good 



days and bad days, . . p. 



Superstition of the native hunters. 

 Extracts from my Journal, 

 A herd of buffaloes fording a river— 



A deadly shot, .... 

 Safe under the massive roots of a 



fig-tree, ..... 

 Finishing off a bull — Tenacity of life 



in large game — Blood -marks on 



the spoor, .... 



Catching sight of the herd, 

 A vicious charge, .... 

 Killing a cow, .... 



Natives holding 



sponsible for 



safety, ..... 



The orthodox manner of following 



the spoor, ..... 

 Difficulty of tracking, 

 Wounded buffalo at bay with 



dogs, ..... 



Wonderful pluck of a native, . 49, 

 Instance of an unprovoked charge — 



Terrible wound. 

 Miraculous recovery, 

 Anecdote of a native hunter and a 



buffalo, .... i'^'i, 

 Personal narrow escapes, 

 Unpleasant predicament, 

 Killing a buffalo with spears, . 

 Adventure with a solitary bull. 

 Called by the rhinoceros-birds — The 



first two shots, .... 

 The Nkwavuma, .... 

 I am knocked down and trodden on 



— Shamming death — Final escape 



and victory, . . . 61 



A shot at a critical moment, . 

 Habits of buffaloes, . . 66- 



A stunned bull, .... 

 Anecdote of a rogue, . . 70, 



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