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ences Murthly Stobhall He kills a forty-four-pounder 

 Loses a sixty-pounder The Thistlebrig stream A 

 difficult cast Eels-brig stream A gallant fish of 36J Ibs. 

 A great day Capture a forty-six-pounder Lose a big 

 fish in the Beauly Kilbary fishing Sweeny's dishonesty 

 and death A day at Murthly Hook a large fish Follow 

 him into the river Nearly broken A long struggle The 

 fish takes us to Meiklour A six hours' fight. 



CHAPTER VIII 



ONE AFRICAN DAY, 1913 191 



Long trek to the Amala River Some sport on the way An 

 old trouble William Judd Quantities of game Mabruki 

 Abundance of antelopes A hunter's paradise Nine 

 thousand head of game counted Shoot a bull wildebeest 

 A wonderful head seen Night in camp Lions now 

 nocturnal The African dawn Early risers Bird life 

 in forest plain and river edges Record heads Find 

 three lionesses Bring two to bay My companions 

 arrive A lively battle Death of the lions Good 

 behaviour of gun-bearers Mabruki's hopes of better 

 vision Shoot a topi and a zebra Attacked by driver 

 ants The Masai The best of game preservers Their 

 method of killing lions Mode of life The Masai reserves 

 The bad faith of Governments Masai Kraals The 

 Ndorobo Fine pallah Their abundance Pallah 

 hunting Shoot a good ram Kill a Sing-Sing bull 

 Stalking game Kill another wildebeest bull Pullar's 

 adventure with the lions Africa's Wonderland A happy 

 life The advantage of physical and mental activity. 



CHAPTER IX 



THE LOFODEN ISLANDS, 1915 . . . 221 



The Lofodens The sinking of the India German and 

 Norwegian spies Arrival at Solvaer The Raftsund 

 The life of the native Emil Ericksen The island of 

 Lango Bird-life Hunting Golden-eyes The Goosander 

 in eclipse plumage Its rarity and shyness Success at 

 last Shoot two more specimens Ripa shooting Sea- 

 trout fishing The German spy system Their errors 

 Norwegian fears of Germany The feebleness of the Govern- 

 ment Shipping disasters that were avoidable We are 

 followed by spies Subsequent action of German spies 

 Clever up to a certain point Their stupidity We avoid 

 a trap impudent action of a German U-boat commander 

 He gets the wrong man. 



