CONTENTS. 



Man-eators — A man-eater wliicli had 

 killed thirty or forty individuals, J) 



Great strength of a man-eater, 



A dark night, . 



] {eating up the country, 



Taking up the spoor, 



A village turns out to hunt the 

 man-eater — Waiting for the spies, 



Entering the jungle, 



Turning a somersault, 



Firing a volley, 



Fighting the lion with assagais, 



Death of the lion, . 



i'erforming the bravery dance — 

 Slaughtering two oxen to cele- 

 brate the victory, 



A contest among the hunters, . 



A midnight visitor, 



Return of the lioness, 



The path of the Nkwavuma — Meet 

 ina the man-eater in the dark, 



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Making a new camp, . . p. 27 1 

 Waiting for the man-eater's return 



— Shooting at it in the dark, . 272 

 Finding the lioness dead, . . 273 



Disturbing a lion, .... 274 

 Instance of the folly of pushing a 



lion to extremity, . . . 275 

 Death of an obstinate hunter — A 



beautiful sight, . . . .277 



Encampment on the Black Umfolosi 



— Watching a lion family feeding, 278 

 Trying to catch a lion's whelp, . 279 



Lion attacking a buffalo, . . 280 



Remarks on the food of lions, . 281 



A hunter sleeping inside a dead 



rhinoceros, .... 282 



Shooting two lions dead in the 



dark, 283 



Anecdote of a Dutch hunter, . . 284 



Most likely places to find lions in, . 285 

 Best places to fire at, . . . 286 



CHAPTER VI. 



LEOPARDS. 



Different species of leopards, 2S8, 289 

 General resemblance to a lion, . 290 



Habits of the ingwe — Hunting the 



leopard on the Pongolo, 

 A surprise — Killing the leopard 

 Leopards gambolling, 

 A beautiful skin — The river Tugela 



— On the track, 

 Goat killed by a leopard, 

 Dangerous work, . 

 Lying in wait, 

 The Bombo Mountains — A watch 



hut, .... 



Instinct of the leopard, . 

 The maned leopard, . .301, 



Great resemblance of the maned 



leopard to a lioness — Stalking a 



maned leopard, .... 



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298 



299 

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302 



303 



A tempting shot — Death of the two 



leopards, 304 



Seven men mangled by a single 



animal, ..... 305 

 Man-eating leopards, . . . 306 



Species of hyena — Habits of the 



hyena, 307 



Damage done by the hyena— Hyenas 



attacking human beings, . . 30S 



Anecdote of a hyena — Hyena seizing 



an infant — Cowardliness of, 309, 310 

 The wild dog, . . . .311 



Wonderful skill of a pack of wild dogs, 312 

 Wild dogs hunting an old gnu, . 313 

 The different species of wild dog, . 314 

 Unexpected meeting with a pack of 



wild dogs, 315 



The jackal — Its beautiful skin, . 316 



CHAPTER VII. 

 HUNTING WITH DOGS. 



Makambi's black dog, . . .317 



Native breed of greyhounds, . .318 



Novel mode of buying a dog— I 

 commence coursing, . . .319 



Description of a native hunting 

 party — A performance by the 

 head of the hunting party, . 320 



Lying in wait — Slipping the hound, 321 



