Index 



Lady-birds, 198 



Lamantins on the Congo, 240 



Leopard (see panther) 



Letchwe, 234 



Lions, worst season for, 34 ; concert 

 of, 37, 274, 275 ; man-eaters, 38, 

 85, 86, 87; measurements of a, 43, 

 153 ; habits of, 43, 47, 48, 49, 83, 

 143, 145, 149, 303-309 ; looking for 

 a wounded lion at night, 150 ; at 

 drinking - places, 195; advice on 

 method of firing at, 276, 277 



Mafsitis, 62, 64, 66, 84 

 Marabout, habits of the, 157, 158 

 Measurements, elephant, 322 ; lion, 



323 ; rhinoceros, 323 

 Menu, African hunter's, 214 

 Metford "303," description of the, 



modified, 3 ; trials with the, 29 ; 



too small for the eland, 31 ; shoots 



high, 42 



Mitsagnas, forests of, 119 

 Monkeys, cynocephalus, 193 ; at 



drinking - places, 195 ; Congo 



native country of, 236 ; soko or 



chimpanzee, 237 



Mpeseni, arrival in the country of, 

 .. 105 

 Msiambiri, qualities of, 20, 21 ; 



carried off by an elephant, 252 



Natives, astonishment of, at smoke- 

 less powder, 29 ; carelessness of, 

 39 ; delight of, at death of man- 

 eater, 44 ; believe ant-eater brings 

 misfortune, 68 ; ignorance of, in 

 regard to game, 68, 69 ; love life 

 of the woods, 69 ; and information, 

 101 ; native hunters as guides, 

 102, 103 ; delicate sense of smell 

 of, 191, 192 ; faults of native 

 hunters, 218 ; rules in force among 

 native hunters, 245 



Ndiu, native ragout, 20 



Night-watches, 26, 27, 142-147, 161- 

 189 



Notebook, 11 



Nswalas killed, 30 ; at drinking - 

 places, 195 



Nyangomba, 159 



Nyassa (lake), arrival in the region 

 of, 15 ' 



Panther, 47 ; killed, 50 ; springs 



into the camp, 74 ; prowling 



around the cam}), 77 ; killed, 78 ; 



common in the Congo, 235 

 Pari.s Museum, preparing specimens- 



for the, 139, 140 

 Pistol-grips, 10 

 Pookoo, 244 



Powder, smokeless, advantage of, 29 1 

 Purchases, payment made in meat, 



58 

 Python (see snakes) 



Rains, torrential, 35 



Reedbucks, killed, 141 ; atdrinking- 

 places, 195 ; flesh of, 212 



Rhinoceros, traces of, 32 ; habits 

 of the, 69-73, 93-97, 174, 176, 

 177, 178, 301, 302 ; measurements 

 of a, 71 ; at drinking - places, 

 195 



Rifles, large -bore, 1 ; opinion on 

 large-bore, 1 ; taken on the expedi- 

 tion, 2, 3, 4 ; "303 " (see Metford) ; 

 unrifled arms, 4 ; collector's fowl- 

 ing-piece, 4 ; best lock system for, 

 10 ; hammerless, 10 ; appointed 

 bearers of my, 24 ; cleaning of my r 

 24 ; Winchester, 4 ; outfit for clean- 

 ing. 11 ; precautions to be taken 

 with, 90, 91 (see also Express) 



Rockets for smoking out hyenas, 10, 

 11 



Rodzaui, portrait of, 21 



Scolopendra, 197 



Scorpions, 197 



Season for swamps, 17 ; rainy, 35, 52, 



199 ; dry, 139, 140 

 Selous, 122 

 Shire, hunting on the banks of the 



river, 32, 33 



Shooting licences in Africa, 317-321 

 Sights, 9 

 Snakes, habits of, 224 ; Python, 224, 



225 ; various species of, 22f> 

 Squirrel, flesh of, 213 

 Stock, iron-plated rifle, 3 



Tambarika, portrait of, 21, 22 ; 

 duties of, 24 



Target, firing at a, 23 



Tchigallo, portrait of, 22 ; as a taxi- 

 dermist, 25 



Thorns, abundance of, in Africa, 48 



