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INDEX. 



Serval, Patrolling paths, 95. 

 Sitting tight, 284. 

 Spoor of, 142, 143. 

 Varieties, 284. 

 With young, 93. 

 Sesse Islands, 165, 285. 

 Shooting — 



Dangerous game, 87. 

 During a year's trek, 233. 

 Lack of future grounds for, 21. 

 Long-range shooting, 120, 226. 

 Moderate, 234. 



Modern short-shooting irips, 4. 

 Plains animal and bush animal, 77. 

 Shooting en route, 67. 

 Shooting in Jubaland, 107. 

 Shooting in the bush, 149, 150, 152, 160. 

 Shooting in the forest, 175. 

 Shooting meat for porters, 3. 

 Shooting meat for pot, 3, 226. 

 Shooting two or more lions, 100. 

 Shooting versus hunting, 66 to 88, 119. 

 The " s])ort " of plains shooting, 70. 

 The sportsman in, 225. 

 Usual procedure in shooting game, 66. 

 Waiting at water-holes, 69. 

 Sight and stationary objects, 42, 99. 

 Simba station, 105, 107, 260, 277, 278. 

 Situtunga, 285. 



A herbivorous animal, 165. 

 Foot of, 34. 

 Habitat, 165, 285. 

 Licence for, 165. 

 Peculiarities of, 34, 165. 

 Preservation of, 230. 

 Spoor of, 143. 

 Skulls, 106. 



Sleeping sickness, 213. 

 Solai, 261. 



Somaliland : A famous leopard of, 267. 

 Giraffe of, 106. 

 Rainy season of, 29. 

 Sotik country {see " Countries "). 

 Species: Formation of new, 23, 268. 

 Horns of, 63. 

 Rivalry between, 36, 37. 

 Splitting up of, 64. 



Spoor, 69, 74, 134- 



Antelope and buck, 146. 



Classed spoors, 142. 



Comparison of various, 142, 143, 144, 145, 



146. 

 Dead grass and new grass, 139, 140. 

 Early night spoor, 139. 

 Elephant, 144, 178, 180, 181, 255. 

 Forest paths and, 173. 

 Fresh spoor, 71, 136, 180. 

 Hind and fore foot, 146. 

 Hyoena, 135. 



In green grass country, 139. 

 In the desert, 138. 

 In the forest, 136, 173. 

 Male and female spoor, 145, 146. 

 Measuring, 144, 145. 

 Morning spoor, 139. 

 Old tracks and new, 139. 

 Rhino and hippo, 145. 

 Search for kudu, 159, 160. 

 Special points in spooring, 137, 138, 139, 173, 

 174. 

 Sport : Dangerous game shooting, 87. 

 Luck and success, 77. 

 So-called " sport," 70, 228. 

 Sporting codes, "j-j. 

 The preservation of game and, 224. 

 Sportsmen : A favourite resort for, 107. 

 A shooting test for, 235. 

 Advancing on game, 151. 

 Amassing heads, 80, 117, 228, 232. 

 Amusing stalking, 67. 

 An untouched country, 107. 

 Animal bluffing, 152, 282. 

 Animals crossing river beds, 138. 

 Arts of bush-craft, 70. 

 Best training country for, 226. 

 Big game shooters, 226. 

 Bringing the rifle to bear, 121 

 Carried to game, 67. 

 Code of rules for, 229. 

 Definition of a, 225. 

 Elephant hunting, 175, 177. 

 Exaggerations, 81. 



Game-bird and big-game shooter, 217. 

 Hunting lion by day, 69. 



