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AFRICAN NATURE NOTES 



African lion brought to England 



by, 83 



Gugawi, the Amatonga headman, 240 

 Guinea-fowls, numerous on the Usutu 



river, 249 

 Gwai river, in Matabeleland, 102 ; 



tse-tse flies near, 1873, J ^3 



Hanyani river, in Mashunaland, 15 ; 

 farm devastated by a lioness near, 

 68 



Hare, Polar, white winter coat of, 41 



Harris, Sir Cornwallis, and the mis- 

 take concerning bonteboks and 

 blesboks, 38 ; his drawings of 

 lions, 8l ; his hunting expedition 

 in South Africa, 1836-37, 180 



Harrison, Col. J. J., quotation from, 

 concerning the Somali giraffe, 28 



Ilartebeest, coloration of a, 24 ; 

 mixed species of, 35 ; hybrid harte- 

 beest shot by Cornelis van Rooyen, 



36 



Hartley Hills, in Mashunaland, 166 

 Hayes-Sadler, Sir James, his report 



on black rhinoceroses, 199 

 Hearing, keen sense of, in antelopes, 



30 ; keenness of, of rhinoceroses, 



189 

 Heart and liver, choice pieces of 



meat in a wild animal, 115; of 



elephant, as food, 133 

 Herodotus, lions common in Europe 



at the time of, 83 

 Hide of the giraffe, 217 

 Hippopotamuses, 306 

 Horns, length of gemsbucks', 267 ; 



commercial value of rhinoceroses', 



1 88 



Horse, bitten by a lion, 263 ; mean- 

 ing of a "salted," 283 //. 

 Hottentots, language of, 332 

 Howl of the hy;vna, 115 ; of the wild 



dog, 121 

 Iluebner, Mr., and the death of Mr. 



Kyall, 50 

 Hunter ' s Wanderings, A, published in 



1881, 187 

 Hy;ena, spotted, character of the, 98 ; 



example of the audacity of the, 99 f. ; 



preferred food of the, 103 ; old 



slaves and witches given to, 104 ; 



strength of the jaws of, 107 ; 



strength of, 108 ; courage of, no; 



howl of, 115; flesh of, a choice 



meat, 117: whelps of, llS 



Impala antelope, killed by wild dogs, 

 121 



Inyala, coloration of, 31 ; a variety 

 of antelope, 222 ; description of 

 the, 223, 227 ; habitat of, 226 ; 

 shot near Cape Maclear, 1866, 227 ; 

 doe and male shot by the author, 

 242 



Jackson, F. J., C.B., his article " The 

 Lion," on the trouping of lions, 

 77 ; his opinion on rhinoceroses, 

 198 



Jackson's hartebeest. See Hartebeest 

 Jacobs, Petrus, Boer hunter, 179 

 James, F. L., giraffe killed by, 217 

 Jameson, J. A., and the chetah, 127 

 Jantje, Black, elephant hunter, and 

 the lion, 54 ; his account of a Bush- 

 man killed by a lion, 71 

 Jerdon, Mammals of India by, 128 

 Johnston, Sir H. II., on the habitat 



of the inyala, 226 

 Jomani river, 103 



" Kattea," name of pigmy Bushmen, 

 mentioned by Prof. Keane, 331 



Kazungula, free from tse-tse flies in 

 ^ 1885, 157, 159 



Keane, Prof., The Boer States by, 331 



Keitloa, a variety of rhinoceros, 183 



Khama, his people's liking for hyaena 

 meat, 117 ; the author's help to his 

 people, 144 ; Tinkarn, one of his 

 chiefs, 312; praise of his govern- 

 ment, 339 



Kimberley, De Beers Compound at, 

 104 



Kingsley, hunting experience of, with 

 a lioness, 276 



Kirby, Vaughan, his account of a 

 hyiuna, 118; contribution of, to 

 Great and Small Game of Africa, 



J95 

 Kirk, Sir John, at Linyanti, with Dr. 



Livingstone, 1861, 164 

 Kirton, George, his account of a 



black rhinoceros, 1868, 186 

 Klahala, safe arrival of the author's 



party at, 1879, 3 2 7 

 Klas Lucas, Korana chief, 329, 334 

 Knight- Bruce, Bishop, his donkeys 



killed by tse-tse fly bites, 172 

 Knox, Col., and his Soudanese lion, 



84 



Knysna forest in Cape Colony, 135 

 Koch, Dr., and the epidemic ofrinder- 



1'^t, '.37 



Koodoo, description of a, 30 ; keen 

 sense of hearing of the. 30 ; hunted 

 by wild dogs, 1 21 



