MALE RHINOCEROS (see p. 71). 



CHAPTER V 



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IN THE MIDST OF THE JUNGLE PURSUIT OF BIG 

 ANIMALS 



The Kapoche district An excellent country for sport The expedition in 

 winter quarters Niarugwe Camp Temporary fortification Favourable 

 season for large pachydermata The ant-eater Superstitions about 

 this animal Rhinoceros-hunting Inconveniences of dense vegetation 

 A faithful spouse A panther in the middle of the camp After 

 elephants Three elephants killed Pursuit of buffaloes Meeting with 

 lions Seeking for a wounded buffalo in the tall grass, and the danger 

 of this undertaking Night-watch for the panther and its death A 

 morning with lions Missed ! In the dense jungle with a dying lion 

 The last hunt Meeting with Mafsitis. 



AT the present day all these regions have changed 

 very much, owing to European advance; but at the 

 time to which my narrative relates that is, the year 

 1895 there were few parts of Africa which offered the 

 hunter such resources as the Upper Kapoche, the north 



