CONTENTS 



ences — ^MurtWy — 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 lbs. 

 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 hoiars' 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 — ^Mabriiki 

 — 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 

 noctxirnal — 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 abimdance — Pallah 

 hunting — Shoot a good ram — Kill a Sing-Sing bull — 

 Stalking game— Kill another wildebeest bull — PuUar'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-fife — ^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^ 



