328 After Big Game in Central Africa 



Cubs, capture of lion cubs, 273 



Dress for hunting, 11 ; in rainy 



weather, 51 

 Drought, 139 

 Dum-dum (see Hollow) 

 Dung-beetle, 198 

 Dynamite employed in fishing, 229, 



230 



Eland, hunting the, 31 ; varieties of, 

 140 ; at drinking-place, 195 



Elephants, countries where they are 

 found becoming rarer, 1 ; tracks, 

 32 ; favourable season for, 35 ; 

 fond of "fulas," 36 ; trumpeting 

 of, 50, 106 ; habits of, 46, 53, 54, 



55, 75, 106, 111, 115, 116, 217, 

 282-299 ; loads for hunting, 50 ; 

 pursuit of, 52, 74, 106, 107, 115, 

 215, 216, 241-261 ; cutting up an, 



56, 57 ; number of men required 

 to carry, 58 ; weight of, 58 ; flesh 

 of, 59, 213 ; heart of, 59 ; trunk 

 of, 59 ; feet, 59, 60 ; tusks, 60, 

 114, 259 ; difficulty of following, 

 during dry season, 105 ; crossing 

 a river, 107, 108 ; charging, 110, 

 111, 112, 245, 250 ; death of an, 

 110, 111 ; capture of a young, 



114 ; difficulty of firing at the 

 head of, 114; noises made by, 



115 ; tuskless, 216, 247, 256 ; 

 difficulty of rearing young, 118 ; 

 solitary, 219, 220; "Pneumatic," 

 222 ; in battle array, 243 ; skull 

 of an, 259 ; colossal, 256 - 259 ; 

 physical characteristics of (age, 

 size, breeding, etc.), 282-299 



Express (rifle), 2 ; penetration of 

 the, 186 



Fauna, varied according to districts 

 visited, 201 , 



Fevers, during rainy season, 51 ; 

 contracted at night-watches, 169 



Fires, bush, 136, 137 ; protection 

 of villages against, 137 ; speed 

 with which, spread, 137 ; method 

 of stopping, 138 ; birds Avhich 

 follow, 138; animals fleeing before, 

 138 ; appearance of country before 

 and after, 138, 139 



Fishing in the Luiya, 106 ; with 

 dynamite, 229, 230 



Forest (Equatorial), 136 ; relatively 

 little game in the, 236 ; native 

 country of monkeys, 236 



Fula, trees and fruit of the, 35, 36 



Giraffes, traces of, 200 ; pursuit of, 

 200-207 ; habits of the, 207, 208 ; 

 description of a, 206 ; measure- 

 ment of a, 206, 207 ; flesh of, 213 

 Gordon-Gumming, 122 

 Grasses, varieties of, 116, 117 



Hartebeest (Lichtenstein), killed, 

 30, 61 ; at drinking-places, 195. 

 (For other species, see Kaama, 

 Tscsscbe) 



Helmet, 11 



Hippopotami, pursuit of, 32, 209, 

 210, 211 ; habits of, 209 - 211 ; 

 method of hunting, 211, 212; on 

 the Congo, 40 



Horse, use of, in Central Africa, 

 18 



Hunters, my native, 18 ; reorganisa- 

 tion of my staff of, 19 ; arrival of 

 my, 19, 20 ; qualities of my, 20- 

 23 ; duties of my, 25 ; Barotse, 

 200, 205, 216 



Hunting with tom-toms, 88 ; night- 

 watch, 139 ; lion (see lion) ; 

 elephant (see elephant) 



Hyenas around the camp, 50, 58, 

 60 ; eager for the quarry, 79 ; 

 habits of, 132-134 



Iguana, eatable, 213 



Insectivorous birds, habits of, 37, 



97 



Insects, 197-199 

 Instruments for preparation of 



collections, 231 

 Inyala, 227, 228, 234 



Jackal, 132 



Kaama (hartebeest), in the Congo, 

 234 



Kanibombe, as a servant, 22, 24, 41, 

 76, 82 



Kapoche (river), arrival on the banks 

 of the, 34, 62, 67 



Kirby, 122 



Koodoos, killed, 141 ; at drinking- 

 places, 195 



