INDEX. 



291 



Bushcraft, Copious old spoor, 7 1 . 



Crossing watercourses, 147, 148. 



Experience in, 149. 



Eye for country, 200. 



Fall and trend of country, 148. 



Finding one's way about, 199. 



Fresh spoor, 71, 136, 139. 



Fresh tracks and the animal, 123, 136. 



Great points in, 71. 



Interest of spooring, 72. 



Keeping in the shadows, 152. 



Learning habits of bush animals, 76. 



Listening for elephants, 181. 



Map making, 72 to 76. 



Obliterated tracks, 71. 



Observations from high ground, 147, 148. 



Observations of detail, 199, 200. 



Of natives, 164. 



Paths in forest, 172, 173, 174. 



Piecing together of information, 72, 76. 



Plan of campaign, 71, 72. 



Secret of sighting game, 151. 



Silence, 150, 151, 174. 



Site for camp, 72. 



Spoor about waterholes, 69, 74. 



Spoor in rainy season, 71. 



Spooring bushbuck, 243. 



Spooring in the bush, 70, 71. 



Stalking and tracking, 123. 



Stalking for camera shot, 109. 



Use of flour-bag, 1 80. 



Water, 72. 



When lost, 201. 



Wind, 124, 149, 156, 175, 180. 

 Bush-dwelling game, 33. 



Activity of, 33. 



Fleeting glimpses of, 79, 80. 



Forcing passage-ways, 34. 



Hours of feeding, 33. 



Impracticable paths, 34. 



Intelligence of, 33. 



Keeping in the shade, 150. 



List of, 80. 



Lying up, 33. 



Sense of hearing, 33, 57. 



Sense of smelling, 33, 99. 



Shape of horns, 63. 



Bush-dwelling game, Sight of distant hunter, iio. 



Size of ears, 33. 



Thickness of hides, 34. 



When grazing, 150. 

 Bushpig, 80, 161, 171. 



Habitat, 244. 



Habits, 244. 



Native names for, 244. 



Spoor of, 144. 



Camera: A snapshot, 132. 



Damp and the, 109, no. 



Light and shade, 109. 



Telephoto lens, no. 



Warping, 109. 

 Camp, 149, 190. 



A few tips for comfort in, 203 to 216. 



After elephant, ) 79. 



Camp fire, 211. 



Camping in the mountains, 211. 



Charm of camp life, 187. 



Discomforts of insects, 212. 



Firewood, 187, 204, 211. 



In the bush, 153. 



In the forest, 173. 



Noise of porters, 202. 



Porters' camp, 204. 



Porters' loads, 195. 



Position of tent, 204. 



Professional porter and, 190, 196. 



Search party, 190. 



Selecting site for, 72, 187, 203. 



Tent and porters, 196, 201. 



Tent by the river, 127. 



Tent' on the plains, 119 



Trek and camp, 187 to 216. 



Water, 72, 187, 204. 



Waterproof sheet, 204. 

 Candlearbra euphorbia, 112. 

 Canoes, 132. 



Hippo and, 86, 166. 

 Carnivora, 33. 



Eyes in the dark, 61. 



Family ties, 99. 



Hunting by scent, 53, 54. 



Intelligence of, 33. 



