INDEX 



Pitfalls for wild boar, 82 

 Poer, Mr. H. C. de la (adven- 

 ture with lions), 1 54 

 Porcupine in camp, 28 ; protec- 

 tion of, 305 



Pronghorn antelope in the Yel- 

 lowstone, 219 

 Protective colouring, 25 

 Puma, Alleged friendliness of, 

 236 ; enmity between jaguar 

 and, 237 ; hunting with dogs, 



235 

 Python, Encounter with a, 26 



Quagga exterminated by Boers, 



204, 313 

 Queensland, Mangrove swamps 



in, 31 



Railway trains, Encounters be- 

 tween wild animals and, 47, 

 48, 71, 72 



Rangoon Gazette (quoted), 96 



" Ranjitsinhji " bags an Indian 

 lion, 95 



Rat, A tame, 274 



Red Bear, 137 



Reedbuck and lion, 208 



Reid, Mr, Percy (adventures 

 with lions), 153, 156-60 



Reindeer, Taming of the, 17, 

 289, 290 



Restigouche, Salmon-fishing in 

 the, 215 



Rhinoceros, attracted by camp 

 fires, 1 86 ; elephant afraid of, 

 96; horns of, 73, 183; im- 

 mune from rinderpest, 309 ; 

 methods of fighting, 73, 184 ; 

 nervousness of, 75, 185 ; 

 slaughter of, 321 ; square- 

 mouthed, 184, 185 



Rhodesia, Elephant-shooting in, 

 1 6, 174-82 



Rifles and ammunition, Perform- 

 ances with modern, 247, 321 



Rinderpest, Depredations of, 

 308, 309 



Roberts, Lord (and cats), 98 



Rocky Mountain goat, Foolish- 

 ness of the, 218 



"Rogue" elephants, Theories 

 concerning, 61-4, 295 



Rook and squirrel, Fight be- 

 tween, in 



Roosevelt, Giraffe shot by, 194 ; 

 rhinoceros shot by, 185, 321 



Rospoli, Prince (killed by an 

 elephant), 194 



Royal Colonial Institute, The, 

 18 



Royal Society for Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, 289, 292 



Russell, Mr. Robert (killed by 

 a buffalo), 263 



Russian forest, Daybreak in a, 

 26, 27 



Sable antelope, Native killed by 



a, 264 



Salisbury Plain, Solitude of, 23 

 Salmon-fishing, 43 

 Sambur, Antlers of, 88 ; young 



(escaping notice), 91 

 Sanctuaries for big game, 301, 



3H 



Sandbach, Major (killed by a 

 lioness), 250 



Saunders, Capt. A. (bitten by a 

 lion), 252 



Sea, Crocodiles attacking bath- 

 ers in the, 144 



Selous, F. C. Mr., early 

 memories of, 146 ; encounters 

 with wild beasts, 184, 244, 

 246, 252, 262 ; on armed 

 native question, 319; on 

 buffalo and tsetse-fly, 210; on 

 character of buffalo, 264 ; on 

 eland flourishing in the Kala- 

 hari, 207 



Sense of proportion, Importance 

 of a, 45 



Senses of wild animals, 24, 25 



Sentinels, Wild animals as, 84 



Seoni, 131 



