xii After Big Game in Central Africa 



watching Average of successful nights First chasste-croiste Animals 

 frequenting the pools A lion hunt A fruitless night Precautions to be 

 taken with the rhinoceros A night-watch at the small south pool A 

 nocturnal charge and flight of the hunters Hide-and-seek in the darkness 

 Death of a rhinoceros An unlucky night : three lions missed Tardy 

 improvement of the electric projector Arrival of the European mail An 

 unexpected visitor Hunting a rhinoceros in slippers Extraordinary 

 penetration of the Express No. 1 Night-watch at the large south pool 

 Lion lost and found again The delicate sense of smell of the blacks 

 The largest lion of my collection Day-watches Animals which do not 

 drink Habits of various animals at drinking-places . Page 161 



CHAPTER XI 



GIRAFFE-HONTING HIPPOPOTAMI ON LAND AND IN THE 



WATER ELEPHANTS 



Life in the midst of insects In the Barotses' country Tracks of giraffes and 

 their pursuit Death of one of them Colour of the coat and measure- 

 ments of a male giraffe Differences between wild specimens and those 

 in zoological gardens Hippopotami-hunting Hunter in the water and 

 hippopotami on land Rapidity of this animal Method of hunting it 

 in the water Specific weight of flesh Its eatable quality Flesh o. 

 felines A hunter's bill of fare Elephant -hunting Females without 

 tusks Man injured by an elephant Death of a solitary elephant The 

 "pneumatic" elephant History of a bomb-shell Vultures assembled 

 In Moassi's country Snakes Python dance Insectivorous birds 

 The Inyala Catching fish with dynamite .... 197 



CHAPTER XII 



SOME ANIMALS OF THE CONGO 



Fresh animals The Congo buffalo Various antelopes : pookoos, letchwes, 

 hartebeests, tsessebes, small brown antelope ; tragelaphiis : inyalas, 

 situtungas, koodoos Absence of rhinoceros Leopards and their 

 depredations Elephants Denizens of the forest : monkeys, wild-boars, 

 and large monkeys The "soko" or chimpanzee Its portrait Supposed 

 habitat of the gorilla Parrots and birds Aquatic animals The Congo 

 regarded as a hunting ground ..... 231 



