XVI 



CONTENTS. 



Man-eaters A man-eater which had 



killed thirty or forty individuals, p. 255 

 Great strength of a man-eater, . 256 

 A dark night, .... 257 

 Beating up the country, . . 258 



Taking up the spoor, . . . 259 

 A village turns out to hunt the 



man-eater Waiting for the spies, 260 

 Entering the jungle, . . .261 

 Turning a somersault, . . . 262 

 Firing a volley, .... 263 

 Fighting the lion with assagais, . 264 

 Death of the lion, .... 265 

 Performing the bravery dance 

 Slaughtering two oxen to cele- 

 brate the victory, . . . 266 

 A contest among the hunters, . . 267 

 A midnight visitor, . . . 268 

 Return of the lioness, . . . 269 

 The path of the Nkwavuma Meet- 

 ing the man-eater in the dark, . 270 



Making a new camp, . . p. 271 

 Waiting for the man-eater's return 



Shooting at it in the dark, . 272 

 Finding the lioness dead, . . 273 

 Disturbing a lion, .... 274 

 Instance of the folly of pushing a 



lion to extremity, . . . 275 

 Death of an obstinate hunter A 



beautiful sight, .... 277 

 Encampment on the Black Umfolosi 



Watching a lion family feeding, 278 

 Trying to catch a lion's whelp, . 279 

 Lion attacking a buffalo, . . 280 

 Remarks on the food of lions, . 281 



A hunter sleeping inside a dead 



rhinoceros, .... 282 



Shooting two lions dead in the 



dark, 283 



Anecdote of a Dutch hunter, . . 284 

 Most likely places to find lions in, . 285 

 Best places to fire at, . . . 286 



CHAPTER VI. 

 LEOPARDS. 



Different species of leopards, 288, 289 

 General resemblance to a lion, . 290 

 Habits of the ingwe Hunting the 



leopard on the Pongolo, . .291 

 A surprise Killing the leopard, . 292 

 Leopards gambolling, . . . 293 

 A beautiful skin The river Tugela 



On the track, . . .294 



Goat killed by a leopard, . . 295 

 Dangerous work, .... 297 

 Lying in wait, .... 298 

 The Bumbo Mountains A watch 



hut, 299 



Instinct of the leopard, . . . 300 

 The maned leopard, . .301, 302 

 Great resemblance of the maned 



leopard to a lioness Stalking a 



maned leopard, .... 303 



A tempting shot Death of the two 



leopards, 304 



Seven men mangled by a single 



animal, ..... 305 

 Man-eating leopards, . . . 306 

 Species of hyena Habits of the 



hyena, 307 



Damage done by the hyena Hyenas 



attacking human beings, . . 308 

 Anecdote of a hyena Hyena seizing 



an infant Cowardliness of, 309, 310 

 The wild dog, . . . .311 

 Wonderful skill of a pack of wild dogs, 312 

 Wild dogs hunting an old gnu, . 313 

 The different species of wild dog, . 314 

 Unexpected meeting with a pack of 



wild dogs, 315 



The jackal Its beautiful skin, . 316 



CHAPTER VII. 

 HUNTING WITH DOGS. 



Makambi's black dog, . . .317 

 Native breed of greyhounds, . .318 

 Novel mode of buying a dog I 

 commence coursing, . . .319 



Description of a native hunting 

 party A performance by the 

 head of the hunting party, . 320 



Lying in wait Slipping the hound, 321 



