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of elephants The elephants' signals Move of them Tree'd Teaching 

 the young idea A family picture Chaffed by monkeys A sharp look- 

 out The disadvantage of " crackers " A Kaffir coward Capricious 

 temper of elephants Elephants in the "open" An awkward position 

 Sharp practice. Page 174. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Journey to the Zulu country Hunger the best sauce A popular song 

 An unexpected guest Panda's regiments His pet vultures An inge- 

 nious scarecrow Another reit-buck The telescope A lesson in spoor- 

 ing A trial of nerves Intruding leopards A Kaffir feast and concert, 

 Baked, blinded, and poisoned Peshauna, a Kaffir belle Kaffir love- 

 tale An abduction and a rescue None but the brave deserve the fair. 

 Page 196. 



CHAPTER XII. 



A Kaffir hunt A battue Fire-making A lunch al fresco Troublesome 

 invaders Flight of locusts Crows outwitted Alligator shot A lion- 

 chase Strength of the lion A slight mistake Snuff-manufacturing 

 A proposal of marriage Kaffir kindliness. Page 215. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Natal Kaffirs Pseudo-Christianity Ideas of a future state The 

 Kaffir prophets Black lawyers A wife's true value Husband and 

 wife White savage versus black Injustice towards the Kaffirs 

 Nobody wrong Necessity of an army Mr. Holden's opinion Severity 

 sometimes necessary Real character of the Kaffir. Page 229. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



A buffalo-hunt A sudden meeting A Kaffir's advice Buffalo killed 

 An African race-course The start The run The charge Won at 

 last Unpleasant neighbours The single spur Light-coloured Kaffirs 

 Know thyself Neglected education Black and white Too knowing 

 by half The fool's argument. Page 243. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Kaffir killed by a snake Medicine necklaces Narrow escape Puff- 

 adders Adventure with a black snake Snakes distressed by their 

 own poison Poison-spitting snake A day's sport Boa-constrictor 

 killed Its mode of attack Size of the slain snake Secretary-bird. 

 Page 260. 



