INDEX. 



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Plains, Scavengers of the, 90. 

 Seen from a hill, 1 10. 

 Stalking on the, 70, 1 17. 

 Termite hills of, 91. 

 The Sussex Downs and the, 11 1. 

 Athi, 244, 257, 258, 260, 263, 265, 277, 279, 

 283, 28fi. 

 Buffalo of, 241. 

 Division of, 20. 

 Elephants on, 105. 

 Hill of Lukenya, 11 1. 

 Maneless lion of, 27. 

 Rhinos of, 24. 

 Rough boundaries of, 104. 

 Vastness of, 89. 

 Zebra ranch on, 287. 

 Beskaya, 107, 259. 

 Kapiti, 260. 



Rough boundaries of, 104. 

 Station, in. 

 Vastness of, 89. 

 Laikipia, 105, 161. 

 Lake Victoria, 107. 

 Lemek, 105, 259. 

 Mwea, 105. 

 Ndabibi, 106. 

 Rudolf, 105, 259. 

 Sercngeti, 107, 258, 278. 

 Plain-dwelling game: Approaching water down- 

 wind, 57. 

 Characteristics of, 32, 59. 

 Daily routine of, 1 19. 

 Fright and grazing, 58. 

 (Jradual grazing of, 119. 

 Intellect, 32, 57, 58, 97, 98. 

 List of, 80. 



Sight of distant hunter, 1 10, 120. 

 Looking past an object, 99. 

 Plain-dweller and lion, 57, 58. 

 Powers of scenting, 98, 99. 

 Powers of sight, 99. 

 Seeing in the dark, 59. 

 Sumptuous existence of, 99. 

 Stalking the plains-dweller, 69. 

 The lion's roar and, 97. 

 Time spent in eating, 99. 

 Wariness and open country, 69. 



Plateau : Laikipia, 106. 

 Kinangop, 106. 

 Ngishu, 106, 107. 

 Poisoning, 227. 

 Porcupine, 95, 279. 



Native name, 279. 



Nocturnal habits of, 279. 

 Porters, 3, 58. 



Advance of pay, 192. 



Alarm of, 129, 131, 197. 



Authority with, 193. 



Baganda, 192, 214. 



Banyoro, 192. 



Camera and, 1 10. 



Cooking Mbaazi, 3. 



Discarded articles and, 215. 



Discipline among, 193. 



Good work and, 3. 



Gun-bearers, 197. 



Inability to track, 65, 191, 197, 198. 



Lion's Amulet and, 273. 



Load carrying by, 65, 190, 192. 



Masai, 198. 



Makoa, 198. 



IManyema, 190, 198. 



Mnyamwezi, 136, 192. 



Muliammadan, 157. 



Noise of, 72, 157, 190, 191, 202. 



Of big-game expeditions, 191, 202. 



Offences by, 193. 



Orgies of, 157. 



Passing rhino, 13. 



Professional porter, 65, 190, 192, 

 .98. 



Rations for, 3, 157, 205. 



Reports of seeing game, 153, 154. 



Rhino charge and, 14. 



Runaway, 192. 



Selection of, 1 99. 



Shooting meat for, 3, 65, 233. 



Somalis, 198. 



Soudanese, 198. 



Story telling among, 202. 



Swahili, 136, 190, 198, 202, 215. 

 Topical songs of, 203, 

 Trekking with, 187. 



Unreliable, 191, 192. 



196, 



