VI CONTENTS. 



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mandos against Lions Personal Encounters North- 

 Eastern Transvaal as a Field for Sport Man-eating Lions 

 My Losses from Lions ------- 47 



CHAPTER V. 

 ABOUT SPORTING GUNS AND MILITARY WEAPONS. 



Various Sporting Arms Military Weapons Best Fire- 

 arm for Travellers The "Smooth" Bore Oval Bores 

 The Bottle-necked Cartridge Condemned "Old Brown 

 Bess " Novelty v. Efficiency Large Bore Rifles Obsolete 

 Hints as to the Build of Rifles and Guns Effective 

 Charges Express Rifles Smooth-bore Underrated 

 Sporting Distances Blundering at Majuba Hill Results 68 



CHAPTER VI. 

 THE GREAT THIRST LAND. 



The Kaliharri Desert Soil Climate Pasturage In- 

 habitants Game Dunes The T'samma Melon A 

 Scientific Exploration Advocated Ancient River Beds 

 The Road to Lake N'Gaami Botletle River My Friend 



D 's Adventures Hunting Trips in the "Thirst Land" 



Ostrich Hunting As Practised by the Native "Bas- 

 taards"- -----__--- 91 



CHAPTER VII. 



NATAL. 



Essentially an English Colony Natal contrasted with 

 Cape Colony Variable Climate Water Abundant 

 Sugar Industries Horse-sickness The Highlands 

 Zulus Missions Durban Pietermaritzburg Hotels 

 Ladysmith The Boers and Dingaan The Klip River and 

 Drakensberg Harrysmith Natal no place for the For- 

 tune-hunter Sport not good In the Zulu Country better 

 Tsetse Fly Snakes The Native Question - - - 115 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE ORANGE RIVER FREE STATE. 



Offers few attractions to Sportsmen Bloemfontein 

 Ecclesiasticism Climate Healthy A Prosperous State- 

 Scarcity of Fuel Presidents The Power of the Dutch 

 Clergy Diamonds Sport Agriculture Grazing 

 Horse-sickness - - - - - - - - -128 



