INDEX 



343 



Uganda Railway, 146 

 United States, Game laws of 

 the, 326 



Van der Byl, Mr. P. B. (adven- 

 ture with a leopard), 260, 261, 



Venom of lizards, 142 ; of, 

 snakes, 140 



Ventriloquist, An Abyssinian, 

 164 



Virginian deer in Canada, 227 



Von Koppenfels (killed by a 

 buffalo), 263 



Vulture, Marvellous eyesight of 

 the, 171 



Wahlberg (killed by an 

 elephant), 256 



Wapiti-shooting, 224 



Warfare, Camels in, 285, 286 ; 

 elephants in, 278 



Wart-hog, Appearance and 

 habits of, 213 



Waterbuck, Man killed by a, 264 



" Water-elephant," Newly-dis- 

 covered, 183 



"White" elephant, 56; rhino- 

 ceros, 183 



Whitney, Mr. Caspar (quoted), 

 262 



Wild boar, dog, sheep, etc. (see 

 Boar, Dog, Sheep) 



Wildebeest and cheetah in Paris 

 Zoo, 294 ; grotesque appear- 

 ance of, 208 ; protection of 

 black, 317 



Wilderness, The, 17 



Williamson, Colonel (quoted), 

 79, 9, no, 124, 132, 133, 134, 

 138 



Wolhuter, Mr. (remarkable ad- 

 venture with two lions), 253 



Wolves attacking man, 233 



Yak in Canada, 288 ; size and 

 strength of, 84 ; taming of, 17, 

 84, 288 



York, Mr. (killed by an elephant), 

 256 



Zebra, 204, 205 ; in harness, 297 



