CONTENTS. 



A waggon encampment, 

 Starting for a final day, 

 Driving a herd, 



p. 170 



. 171 



172-174 



An enormous bull, 

 A nasty collision, . 

 An unusually large 



p. 175 

 . 176 

 . 177 



CHAPTER IV. 



ELEPHANT. 



An African summer's evening, . 179 



The great reed fields, . . .180 



A herd of rogue elephants, . . 1S1 



Lost in the reeds, . . .182 



An oasis, 183 



A lonely camp, . . . . 1S4 

 Noises of the night, . . . 185 

 A tuskless cow, . . . .186 

 Finding my way out, . . . 187 

 Shooting a hippopotamus, . .188 

 The signal gun, . . . .189 

 Hard work attendant on elephant- 

 shooting, . . . . .190 

 The spoor of an old bull, . .191 

 A miserable night, . . .192 

 In want of food, .... 193 

 Crossing the river, . . .194 

 Heavy rain, . . . .195 

 Still on the spoor, . . .196 

 The first shot, . . . .197 



Reward for our exertions, . .198 

 A determined charge, . . .199 

 In hiding — Hunter's Law, . 200, 201 

 Finding a herd, .... 202 

 A beautiful sight, .... 203 

 Killing a bull, .... 204 

 Breaking up the carcase, . . 205 

 Killing with a single bullet, . 200, 207 

 Driven out of the jungle, . . 208 

 Concealed under a fallen tree, . 209 

 A furious herd, . . . 210-212 

 Districts frequented by elephant, . 213 

 Umzila's country, . . 214, 215 

 Danger encountered in elephant- 

 shooting, 216 



Rogue elephants rare, . . .217 

 The " horse-sickness," . . 21S, 219 



Best marks to aim at, . . . 220 

 Protest against the wholesale de- 

 struction of elephants, . .221 



CHAPTER V. 



LIONS. 



Account of a hunter — Lioness with 

 three cubs — Another instance of 

 self-possession, .... 241 

 Man killed by a lioness — Unex- 

 pected encounters, . . . 242 

 Running away, .... 243 

 Instantaneous death, . . . 244 

 | Instance of a lion attacking a human 



being — Camp on the Nkwavuma, 245 



! A herd of buffalo, .... 246 



| Meeting a lioness, .... 247 



Tambuti grass, .... 248 



Lion and lioness — Umdumela speaks 



to the lion, .... 249 



The lioness goes away, . . . 250 



: Tracking the lion, . . . .251 



Anecdote of a lion — Two men 



killed, .... 252-254 



