CONTENTS. 



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The death A curious incident, p. 322 

 A tremendous bound A free fight 



among the natives, . . . 323 

 Curious mode of treating the con- 

 quered, 323 



A furious animal, .... 324 

 The Noodsberg An oribi caught by 



dogs, 325 



A great disappointment, . . 326 

 A novel mode of hunting the oribi, 327 

 Death of Usipingo A great tempta- 

 tion, 328 



Hunting the impalla with dogs, . 329 

 Coursing the Vaal and roi raebok, . 330 

 Hunting wild pigs, . . 331, 332 

 Killing with the spear, . . . 333 

 Wonderful length of the boar's 



tusks, 334 



Different kinds of pigs, . . . 335 

 A curious mode of exit, . . . 336 

 An immense boar, .... 337 

 A dangerous wound, . . . 338 

 Killing a baboon, .... 339 

 Disagreeable resemblance between 

 a baboon and a human being The 

 blue gnu, 340 



Baiting the gnu with dogs A vicious 



rush A clever dog, . . p. 341 

 A beautiful scene, . . . 342-344 



A picture worthy of Landseer, . 345 

 A dangerous shot Frightening the 



crocodiles, .... 346 

 A hunting party given by Prince 



Usibepe, . . . . .347 

 A koodoo bull A mad gallop Un- 

 pleasant proximity of the Prince's 



bullets 348 



Great heat of the native huts, . 349 



Dangerous proximity to a lion, . 350 

 I accidentally shoot my dog, . .351 

 The hartebeest Coursing them 



with greyhounds, . . . 352 



A curious freak of nature, . . 353 



A great disappointment, . . 354 



An exciting scene, .... 355 



A chase, ..... 356 



Necessary qualities of a good horse, 357 



A long ride, ..... 358 

 Horse, dog, and antelope are all dead 



beat, 359 



I resolve never again to ride a harte- 

 beest down, ... . 360 



CHAPTEE VIII. 



ANECDOTES OF ANTELOPES. 



Skill of the gnu in the use of its 



horns, 361 



Stalking the gnu, .... 362 

 Wriggling up to a herd, . . 363 



Shooting an old bull gnu A terrific 



thunderstorm, .... 364 

 Wonderful tenacity of life among 



antelopes, ..... 365 

 Different species of zebra, . . 366 

 The water-antelope, . . . 367 

 A curious shot, .... 368 

 Antelope browsing in a curious 



manner, ..... 369 

 The Drachensberg Mountains Bush- 

 man's Kiver, .... 370 

 Scenery of the Free State A pic- 

 turesque fire, . . . .371 

 Magnificent spectacle, . . . 372 

 My first antelope, . . . 373 

 African chamois, .... 374 

 Anecdote of a Dutch Boer A first- 

 class liar, 375 



Galloping antelope down on horse- 

 back, 376 



Come to grief, .... 377 

 The Nyala antelope, . . . 378 

 Various species of antelope, . . 379 

 A narrow escape, . . . 380, 381 

 Charge of a wounded nkonka, . 382 

 A first-rate shot, ... . . 383 

 Setting traps for leopards, . . 384 

 Trap carried off by an antelope, . 385 

 Following its track, . . . 386 

 Turning the antelope A fatal acci- 

 dent, . . . . .387 

 Driving the antelope out of the 



jungle, 388 



Fight between two nkonkas 

 Fight between an nkonka and a 



leopard, 389 



Following the leopard, . . . 390 

 The red buck, . . . .391 

 The blue buck The most enjoyable 

 method of hunting the blue buck, 392 



