CONTENTS. 



The death — A curious incident, p. 322 

 A tremendous bound — A free fight 



among the natives, . . . 323 

 Curious mode of treating the con- 

 quered, 323 



A furious animal, .... 324 

 The Noodsberg — An oribi caught by 



dogs, 325 



A great disappointment, . . 326 

 A novel mode of hunting the oribi, 327 

 Death of Usipingo — A great tempta- 

 tion, 32S 



Hunting the impalla with dogs, . 329 



Coursing the Vaal and roi raebok, . 330 



Hunting wild pigs, . . 331, 332 



Killing with the spear, . . . 333 



Wonderful length of the boar's 



tusks, 334 



Different kinds of pigs, . . . 335 



A curious mode of exit, . . . 336 



An immense boar, .... 337 



A dangerous wound, . . . 338 



Killing a baboon, .... 339 

 Disagreeable resemblance between 

 a baboon and a human being — The 



blue gnu, 340 



Baiting the gnu with dogs — A vicious 

 rush — A clever dog, . . p. 341 



A beautiful scene, . . . 342-344 



A picture worthy of Landseer, . 345 



A dangerous shot — Frightening the 

 crocodiles, .... 



A hunting party given by Prince 

 Usibepe, ..... 



A koodoo bull — A mad gallop — Un- 

 pleasant proximity of the Prince's 

 bullets, ..... 



Great heat of the native huts, 



Dangerous proximity to a lion, 



I accidentally shoot my dog, . 



The hartebeest — Coursing them 

 with greyhounds, 



A curious freak of nature, 



A great disappointment, 



An exciting scene, .... 



A chase, ..... 



Necessary qualities of a good horse, 



A long ride, ..... 



Horse, dog, and antelope are all dead 

 beat, ...... 



I resolve never again to ride a harte- 

 beest down, .... 360 



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CHAPTER VIII. 



ANECDOTES OF ANTELOPES. 



Skill of the gnu in the use of its 



horns, 361 



Stalking the gnu, .... 362 

 Wriggling up to a herd, . . 363 



Shooting an old bull gnu — A terrific 



thunderstorm, .... 364 

 Wonderful tenacity of life among 



antelopes, 365 



Different species of zebra, . . 366 



The water-antelope, . . . 367 



A curious shot, .... 368 

 Antelope browsing in a curious 



manner, 369 



Tbe Drachensberg Mountains — Bush- 

 man's River, .... 370 

 Scenery of the Free State — A pic- 

 turesque fire, . . . .371 

 Magnificent spectacle, . . . 372 

 My first antelope, . . . 373 

 African chamois, .... 374 

 Anecdote of a Dutch Boer — A first- 

 class liar, 375 



Galloping antelope clown on horse- 

 back, 376 



Come to grief, .... 377 

 The Nyala antelope, . . .378 

 Various species of antelope, . . 379 

 A narrow escape, . . . 3S0, 381 

 Charge of a wounded nkonka, . 382 

 A first-rate shot, .... 383 

 Setting traps for leopards, . . 384 

 Trap carried off by an antelope, . 385 

 Following its track, . . . 3S6 

 Turning the antelope — A fatal acci- 

 dent, 3S7 



Driving the antelope out of the 



jungle, 388 



Fight between two nkonkas — 

 Fight between an nkonka and a 



leopard, 389 



Following the leopard, . . . 390 

 The red buck, . . . .391 



The blue buck — The most enjoyable 

 method of hunting the blue buck, 392 



