338 THE WILDERNESS AND JUNGLE 



Fennec, Long ears of the, 191 



Feral animals, 295 



Field, The (quoted), 18, 65, 108, 

 118, 119, 208, 257, 266 



Firearms, Natives with, 307 



Flood and fire, Animals making 

 common cause in, 272 



Florida, Extermination of egrets 

 in, 3 1 5 ; Keys of, 30 ; protec- 

 tion of alligators in, 322 



" Fly " country, 209 



Fok, M. (proposal for game 

 protection), 332 



Foreign service, Compensations 

 of, 44, 45, 48 



Forest fires, 28 



Four-handed animals, 149 



Foxhunting, 43 



France, Hunting wild boar in, 

 82 



Fur animals, Slaughter of, 315 



Game laws, 323-31 



Garden of Allah, Arab tradition 

 of the, 35-7 



Genesis, Evidence of the Book 

 of, 270, 273 



Gharial, Beak of the, 141 



, Food of the, 142 



Gir, Lions of, 39 



Giraffe and lion, 166, 193 ; at 

 play, 193 ; food of, 192 ; hunt- 

 ing and shooting, 16, 17, 194- 

 204 ; keen eyesight of, 191 ; 

 remarkable appearance of, 191 



Goisamp, Venom of the, 142 



Goldsmith and Dr. Johnson, 

 Anecdote of, 45 



Gordon, Adam Lindsay (quoted), 

 244 



Gordon Gumming, Roualeyn, 

 206 



Gordon, Mr. Lewis (killed by a 

 tiger), 257 



Gordon's horse, 122, 124 



Grant, Lieut, (killed by a tiger), 

 257 



Great Rift Valley, 146 



" Great Thirst," The, 37 



Grdvy's zebra, 204 



Grey, Mr. (killed by a lion), 253 



Grizzly bear, Adventure with, 

 229 ; food^of, 228 ; savagery 

 of, 228 ; vitality of, 261 



Guemal, Small size of, 238 



Hamadryad, Man chased by a, 



141 

 Hannibal, Elephants used by, 



278 



Harris, Cornwallis, 206, 318 

 Heloderm, Venom of the, 142 

 Herapath, Major (quoted), 274 

 Hippopotamus, Destructive- 

 ness of, 190 ; in West Africa, 



187 ; native trap for, 188 ; 



persecution of, 16, 62, 63, 188 ; 



ugliness of, 187 

 Hooghly, Crocodiles attacking 



bathers in the, 144 

 Hornaday, W. T., 50, 301 

 Horns of rhinoceros, 73, 183 ; of 



wild sheep, 83 ; of giraffe, 191 

 Horse, Domesticated, 273, 297 

 , Wild, 17 

 Howdah, Shooting from the, 



115, 248 



Huanaco, Hunting the, 238 

 Humming-birds, Slaughter of, 



316 

 Hunting-dogs, Adventure with, 



1 68 ; destructiveness of, 168, 



309. 



Hunting-leopard, 93, 127 

 " Huskies " (Indian sledge - 



dogs), 291 

 Hutchinson, General (quoted), 



64 

 Hyenas, Battle between striped, 



170 



, Cowardice of, 169 

 , Habits of, 170 



imitating growl of panther 

 to frighten bears, 130 



sharing cave with panther, 

 129 



