354 



BIG GAME SHOOTING 



Sheep in Asia, 223, 224 



the wild, of Siberia, 259 



Sheep and Goats, 228-268 ; Capra 

 segagrus, 228 ; Ovis vignii, 229 ; 

 ibex and wild sheep in Scind, 230- 

 235 ; in quest of Ovis poli, 235 ; 

 Ovis hodgsoni, 241 ; Markhor, 

 Ibex, and Thar, 247-252 ; Burhel 

 (Ovis nahura), 256-259 ; the wild 

 sheep of Siberia (Ovis ammon), 

 259 



Shir6 river, the, 73, 165 



Shoa country, the, 1 14 



Siberia, 223, 259, 279 



Simien, the mountains of, 211 



Singh, Sir Pertab, 308 



Sing-Sing, the West African, 128 



Crawshay's, 128 



Penrice's, 128 



typical, the, 128 



Situtunga, 164, 168 



Sitwell, Major, 129 



Sloth bear, the, 307-310 



Smitheman, Mr. Frank, 131, note 



Sneeuwberg, 86 



Snider rifles, 10, 59 



Sol, the jungle of, 294 



Somaliland, 4, 6, 10, 14, 16, 29, 38, 



39,4i,4 6 ,48, 52,72, 8 3, 9 1 , 92, 



96, 103, 113, 115, 127, 163, 175, 



181, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 



205 

 Soudan, the, 15, 83, 98, 129 ; the 



Bahr-el - Ghazel province of the, 



116 



Spear-traps for elephants, 59 

 Speke, Captain, 170 

 Spitzkop, Eastern Transvaal, 136 

 Spooring, 31 ; leopard, 39 

 Springbok, the, 4, 5, 9, 43 

 Springbuck, the, 103, 183-190; the 



Trek-bokken, 184 ; where found, 



185 - 186 ; shooting the, 187 ; 



stalking, 188 ; description, 189; 



native names, suitable rifles, 190 

 Stag, the first shot in the Altai by a 



white man, 279 

 Steenbok, 176, 179, 181 



Neumann's, 181 



Stellenbosch, 32 

 Strepiiceros kudu, 159 



imberbis, 163 



Strut hio australis, 217 

 camelus, 217 



Strut hio massaicus, 217 



molybdophanes, 21 7 



Suliman, the ranges of the, 248 



Sunday's river, the, 199 



Sus scrq/a, 213 



Sutledge, the, 243 



Swamp deer, 291, 292, 295-298 



Swayne, Major H. G. C., 30, 



196 

 Swaziland, 135 



39, 



Taghdumbash Pamir, 235, 236, 239 

 Tana river, the, 96 ; the Mackenzie 



branch of, 114, 139 

 Tandtjesberg, the, 86 

 Tarim or Yarkand river, the, 240, 280, 



281 

 Taurotragut derbianuf, 17, 155 



X 59 



oryx Livingstonei, 155 



Telescopic sights, 9 



Terai, the, 282, 283 ; usual mode of 

 hunting in, 312 



Thamin, 322, 328, 329 



Thar, stalking the, 253 



Thomas, Mr. Oldfield, 97 



Tian-Shan, the, 223 



Tibet, 223 ; Chinese, 241 



Tiger, 282, 281, 284-286, 296, 311 ; 

 usual mode of hunting in the Terai, 

 312 ; a tiger hunt on the banks of 

 the Sarda, 315-320; in Burmah, 



340-343 



"Tijger," 32, 34 

 Togoland, West Africa, 167 

 Toru, 129 

 Tragelaphus, 164 



angasi, 164 



euryceros, 1 66 



grants, 167 



tcriptus, 172 



selcusi, 170 



ipekei, 169, 170 



Trans-Indus region, 248 



Transvaal, the, 4, 19, 23, 117, 118, 



132, 135, 154, 162, 186, 187; 



Eastern, 135, 148, 177, 179; 



Western, 119 

 Travancore, 291 

 Trek-bokken, the, 5, 184 

 Trek-oxen, 1 1 

 Tristram, Canon, 113 

 Tsavo river, the, 25 



