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INDEX 



Rhinoceros, 58, 91-93, etc., 117-120; 

 habits of different species of, 174, 177, 

 182; "Keitloa" type of horn of, 194, 

 comparison with elephant of, 238, 239, 

 243; finest specimen of, 260, 266; por- 

 ter tossed and gored by a, 309; the 

 square-mouthed or white, 400-403, 

 407; difference in size of, 408, 409, 

 412-416; pictures of, 420, 421; horn 

 measurement of, 422, 423; unusual 

 position of, 428, 431. 



Rifles, 22; donors of the elephant rifle, 

 22, 87; first trial of the Holland, 92; 

 work done by the different, 101; com- 

 parison of, 118, 120, 121, 159, 165, 167, 

 172, 178, 194, 195, 225, 258, 267, 450. 



Rift Valley, 433. 



Rohr, the, 458. 



Roosevelt, Kermit, 3, 23, 100; red-letter 

 day of, 162, 175, 180, 193, 205, 228, 

 230; successful photos of wild elephant 

 taken by, 259, 283, 284; unequalled 

 record in killing cheetahs of, 285, 319, 

 320; twentieth birthday of, 323, 334, 

 340, 347, 3 6 S5 hunt for sable of, 366, 

 367, et seq., 387, 402; good rhino pict- 

 ures taken by, 420; health of, 436, 

 465; devotion of followers to, 438; 

 in seeing and chasing game, skill of, 



193, 449- 

 Roosevelt, Theodore, sails from New 



York, 3; arrival at Mombasa of, 6; 



starts on a hunt alone, 254; fifty-first 



birthday of, 328; health throughout 



trip of, 465, 466. 

 Rumeruti, 320. 



Sable, the, 366, 367, 368. 



"Safari," 17, 82, 156; peace-offering to 

 the "safari ants," 271; attraction for 

 natives of work of, 330, 331; good-by 

 to the, 359; conduct of the, 360; 

 "wood safari," 440. 



Sahara, 372. 



Saises, or horse boys, 18, 277, 278. 



Salt marsh, a, 202, 203. 



Samburu, the, cattle-owning nomads, 

 310. 



Sanderson, Captain, Town Clerk, 325. 



Sandiford, Mr., 61. 



Scale for weighing game, 24, 313. 



Schilling, Carl G., "Flashlight and 

 Rifle." Appendix E. 



Scientific expedition, difficulty of trans- 

 porting supplies on a, 293. 



Scotch settlers, engaged to take charge of 

 the safari, 269. 



Selous, Frederick Courteney, 3, 5, 42, 63, 

 182, 226. 



Serval cat, 285, 452. 



"Shambas," 236. 



"Shenzis," wild natives, 262, 276, 380; 

 ' gifts to the, 452. 



Situtunga, 379. 



Skally, Mr., 352,^354. 



Skins, difficulty in preparing, 139, 145, 



445- 



Slatin Pasha, 444. 

 Slatter, Captain Arthur, 37, 38, 97, 



98. 

 Sleeping sickness, ravages of, 39, 60, 370; 



preventive of, 371; sleeping-sickness 



fly, bite of, 406. 



Smith hopelessly crippled by a lion, 156. 

 Smith, Captain, 326. 

 Smith, William Lord, 351. 

 Smithsonian, 3. 

 Snakes, 195, 196, 291; man bitten by a, 



33 T 389- 



Soldiers, Sikh, 378; Egyptian and Sou- 

 danese, 453. 



Solve", M., 460, 461. 



Somalis, 107, 229. 



Songs, native: victory song, 76, 81, 216; 

 on death of elephant, 258, 259; Kikuyu 

 savages' songs, 270, 357, 440. 



Sotik, 146, 198. 



Soudan, success of English rule in the, 



454- 



Southern Cross, 30. 

 Spearmen, Nandi, 356. 

 Spirillum tick, 381. 

 Springhaas, 217, 225; "shining" spring- 



haas by night, 229, 230. 

 "Star-spangled Banner, The," 375, 



376. 



Stations, condition of railroad, 14. 

 Steinbuck, 43, 195, 273; conspicuous 



coat of the, 281, 359. 



