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A strange but true prophecy Philip Ryan A bad night 

 at Long Harbour The woman's presence The story of 

 Ryan's wife Death of Philip Ryan Letter from a 

 Micmac Indian Strange letter from a Russian girl __ 

 The Ducks of the World The difficulties of the under- 

 taking Gerald Legge Letter from the Kalahari desert 

 Lord William Percy on American ducks. 



CHAPTER VI 



ARTHUR NEUMANN, PIONEER AND ELEPHANT HUNTER . 138 



Residence in Natal Settles in Swaziland The Zulu War 

 Ubandeni thinks the Zulus impregnable Macleod's 

 courage Ubandeni's common-sense Neumann returns to 

 Natal Hunting on the Sabi and Limpopo Rivers Goes 

 to Mombasa Expedition to establish route to the Victoria 

 Nyanza Nearly speared by a Masai Railway route dis- 

 covered Becomes a magistrate in Zululand Returns to 

 Mombasa First big expedition into the interior after 

 elephants Reaches Mount Kenia Shoots a wonderful 

 rhinoceros Kills eleven elephants in one day Makes 

 head camp at El Bogoi Visits Lake Rudolph Some 

 great tuskers Shebane eaten by a crocodile Neumann 

 nearly killed by a cow elephant Shoots three elephants 

 with exceptional tusks Returns to Mombasa Neumann's 

 shy disposition but lovable nature Goes to South Africa 

 to take part in the second Boer War Joins Bethune's 

 mounted infantry Nearly killed at Spion Kop Life in 

 camp at Mount Kenia Journey up the Tana Elephant 

 hunting and its dangers The wonderful Rigby rifle 

 Kills a lion Returns to Mombasa Expedition of 1903 

 Neumann on certain types of big-game hunters and big- 

 game photography Elephant tusks taken in 1904 

 Some adventures Condition of the ivory trade A bar to 

 his future hunting A dismal outlook Arrival in England 

 in 1906 His death Influence with the natives One of 

 England's best pioneers Ignored as usual His friends the 

 Jacksons Noomi Jackson The strange appearance of 

 Neumann after death Letter of Mrs. Jackson Selous 

 on reappearance after death Visit of the author and 

 Macleod to the Jacksons Opinion of the Society of 

 Psychical Research. 



CHAPTER VII 



SCOTTISH SALMON-FISHING 169 



Fishermen and their yarns Stories true and fictitious 

 Andrew Lang on fishing The personal note in sport 

 Luck The advantages of local experience The tyro's 

 chance Big days Skill with prawn and minnow Captain 

 Campbell Big fish very rare My father's early experi- 



