438 



BIG GAME SHOOTING 



ASS 



Assineboia, 394 



Athi plains, East Africa, 168, 



289, 312 

 Athi river, 169, 270, 304 



BABOONS, 136 



Bad Lands, North America, 381 



Bagamoyo, East Africa, 166 



Bakaa, the (South African 



tribe), 74, 82, 152 

 . Bakalahari desert, South Africa, 

 87, 126, 130 



Ba-Katla, the (South African 

 tribe), 47, 56, 152 



Ba-Katla, valley of the, South 

 Africa, 41 



Baker, Lady, 34 



Baker, Sir Samuel W. , his bio- 

 graphical sketch of William 

 Cotton Oswell, 26-31 ; urges 

 Oswell to write his sporting 

 career, 32 ; experience with 

 the Purdey gun, 34 ; on ele- 

 phant shooting, 8 1 ; on the 

 price of elephant ivory, 85 

 note ; on lions, 94, 324, 328 ; 

 on native methods of snaring 

 game, 257 



Ba-Lala, the (degenerate Kafirs), 

 86, 100, 123 



Baldwin, Captain, on bears, 373 



Ba-Mungwato, the (South Afri- 

 can tribe), 66, 71-73, 123, 

 152 



Baobab tree (Adansonia digi- 

 tata), 83 



Ba-Quaina, the (South African 

 tribe), 78, 112, 133, 135 



Barolongs, the (South African 

 tribe), 107 



Barren Ground caribou (C. 

 tarandus arcticus), 396, 418 ; 

 musk ox, 430-434 



Barter goods for East Africa, 

 179-181 



Baths, portable, 162 



Battery, for big game shooting, 

 28, 33. I55-!S8, 182, 219, 

 235, 246, 268, 273, 284, 308, 

 332 



BIN 



Ba-Wangketsi, the (South Afri- 

 can tribe), 56, 59, 112, 135, 

 149 



Bears, North American, 19, 21- 

 24 ; various species, 351 : 

 the grizzly, 351 ; colour, 

 353 ; claws, 354 ; dens, 356 ; 

 hibernation, 356 : cinnamon, 

 355. 356, 362: food, 357- 

 360 ; nocturnal habits, 357 ; 

 size and weight, 360, 361 ; 

 ferocity, 362 ; sight, 363 j 

 vitality, 364 ; hunting, 365- 

 368 : the black bear, 351, 

 353-357 ; price of hide, 369 : 

 use of dogs in hunting, 372 ; 

 habits, 374 ; tracks of the 

 grizzly and black, 374 ; skins, 



375 



Beaver, 408 

 Bechuana, the, as elephant 



hunters, 1 10 ; their mode of 



trapping animals in the hopo 



(pit), 112 



Bechuanaland, 314 

 Bedson, Colonel, 376, 380 

 Bedsteads and bedding for a 



sporting expedition in East 



Africa, 162 

 Beetles, horned, 323 

 Bengal, 373 

 ' Big Game of North America,' 



349, 353. 392 



Big game shooting, its justifica- 

 tion, 2 ; wholesale slaughter, 

 3 ; qualities of a successful 

 sportsman, 5 ; advantage of a 

 knowledge of natural history, 

 6; hints on stalking, 8; ' sign,' 

 10 ; the Indian scout, II ; 

 sighting game, 12; dealing with 

 wounded game, 13, 15; killing 

 and packing venison, 15; still 

 hunting, 17, 18; language of the 

 woods, 19; woodland shooting, 

 20; night shooting, 22 ; use of 

 dogs, 24 



Bighorn (Ovis montana), North 

 American, its haunts, 381 ; 

 stalking, 387 ; weight, 389 



Binocular glasses, 158 



