CONTENTS. 



xv 



A waggon encampment, .. p. 170 



Starting for a final day, . .171 



Driving a herd, . . .172-174 



An enormous bull, . . p. 175 



A nasty collision, . . . .176 

 An unusually large bag, . .177 



CHAPTER IV. 



ELEPHANT. 



An African summer's evening, . 179 

 The great reed fields, . . .180 

 A herd of rogue elephants, . .181 

 Lost in the reeds, . . .182 

 An oasis, ..... 183 

 A lonely camp, . . . .184 

 Noises of the night, . . .185 

 A tuskless cow, .... 186 

 Finding my way out, . . .187 

 Shooting a hippopotamus, . .188 

 The signal gun, . . . .189 

 Hard work attendant on elephant- 

 shooting, . . . . .190 

 The spoor of an old bull, . .191 

 A miserable night, . . .192 

 In want of food, . . . .193 

 Crossing the river, . . .194 

 Heavy rain, . . . .195 

 Still on the spoor, . . .196 

 The first shot, . . . .197 



Reward for our exertions, . . 198 

 A determined charge, . . .199 

 In hiding Hunter's Law, . 200, 201 

 Finding a herd, .... 202 

 A beautiful sight, .... 203 

 Killing a bull, .... 204 

 Breaking up the carcase, . .205 

 Killing with a single bullet, . 206, 207 

 Driven out of the jungle, . . 208 

 Concealed under a fallen tree, . 209 

 A furious herd, . . . 210-212 

 Districts frequented by elephant, . 213 

 Umzila's country, . . 214, 215 

 Danger encountered in elephant- 

 shooting, 216 



Rogue elephants rare, . . .217 

 The " horse-sickness," . . 218, 219 

 Best marks to aim at, . . 220 



Protest against the wholesale de- 

 struction of elephants, . .221 



CHAPTER V. 



LIONS. 



Moving the camp, 



Country bordering the Pongolo, 



Choosing a new site, 



Arrival of the hunters, . 



The hunting-song, 



Rejoicings over a dead lion, . 



A native hunter's story, 



Night in the tropics, 



Attack of a man-eater, . 



Its death, .... 



A man killed, 



A fellow-stalker, . 



A buffalo attacked by lions, . 



Mutual fear, 



Man-eating crocodile, 



Man's life saved by his dog, . 



Prowess of the African lion, . 



Instance of self-possession, 



228, 



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Account of a hunter Lioness with 

 three cubs Another instance of 

 self-possession, .... 241 

 Man killed by a lioness Unex- 

 pected encounters, . . . 242 

 Running away, .... 243 

 Instantaneous death, . . . 244 

 Instance of a lion attacking a human 



being Camp on the Nkwavuma, 245 

 A herd of buffalo, . . . .246 



Meeting a lioness 247 



Tambuti grass, .... 248 

 Lion and lioness Umdumela speaks 



to the lion, .... 249 



The lioness goes away, . . . 250 



Tracking the lion, . . . .251 



Anecdote of a lion Two men 



killed, .... 252-254 



