Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Shot at a Hippopotamus — Devouring Raw Flesh — Return to the Shire — 

 A Heavy Dew — Unsuccessful Elephant-Stalking — Vast Prairie — 

 Hospitably entertained by a Manganja Chief — A Plain stocked with 

 Game — Stirring Effect of Two Shots — A Sharp-sighted Lad — A 

 Refreshing Bath — Splendid Field for Sportsmen — A Dishonest 

 Ajawah — A Request I always complied with — Arrival at Pamafunda 

 — Welcome from Moloka and Gegara — Mr. Young's Detention at 

 Matiti — Importance of making Friends with Cotondway — Appear- 

 ance of the Country — Natives with Long Hair — Patanda — "Making 

 Prayers "—A Stalk after Buffaloes 213 



CHAPTER X. 



In the Jungle — Elephant-stalking — Soiree Musicale — Cotton-spinning 

 — Zebras running away — Deputation of the Chief's Wives — A Cool 

 Request — Sitting in Presence of the First White Man — The River 

 Kamvoo — A Sight for the Natives — Appearance of the Country — 

 An African Blacksmith — Interview with Marimba — Lost in the 

 Forest — A Hard Day's Work — Industrious Tribe — Bird -netting — 

 Attack of Illness — Marimba's Present — An Opening for Trade — 

 Castor-oil Plant — Contoonda — Interview with a Drunk Old Man — 

 Inhospitable Cliiefs — " Bonnie Dundee" — A Village entered by 

 Force — Again on the move ....... 240 



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CHAPTER XL 



Walk down the Lesungue — Beating down Burning Grass— Chippoo- 

 toola's only Shirt— M'pemba — Early Start — The INIakurumadsee — 

 A Refreshing Bath — En route for Matiti — The Abuse of Rimi — 

 Misconduct of Buckley — Red Ants — Visitors to our Camp — Narrow 

 Escape — Masiko — Visit to Moloka's Village — His Wives — Chibisa 

 — A Bad Night — Chase of Koodoos — Splendid Shot— Large Herd 

 of Elephants — Gazelles — Their Tameness — Magnificent Pair of 

 Ivories — In Quest of Large Game — Indian Elephants — Providing 

 Meat for Moloka — Shot at a Bless-bock — Reminiscences of the Chase 

 — Adventure with an Elephant 268 



