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INDEX. 
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112; tent invaded by a lion, 117: 
am charged by a buffalo, 123; des¬ 
perate situation, 124; a hurricane, 
131; war among the Kaffirs, 133; 
frightful state of the country, 136; 
enter the Transvaal republic, 142; 
am visited by a Coranna chief, 154; 
a night in the open, 155; go into the 
Merico country, 160; life amongst 
the Boers, 164; chase a giraffe, 171; 
a timely storm, 176; encounter a 
giraffe, 178; feet pierced by thorn, 
180; my rifle damaged, 182; pursue 
a giraffe, 187; suffer from heat, 188; 
suspected by a Kaffir chief, 195; 
shoot my first tsessebe and first har- 
risbuck, 197; chase of an antelope, 
199; chase after Bryan, 202; want 
of water, 207; narrow escape from an 
elephant, 212; lost in the bush, 215; 
a Maccateese kraal, 217; a Hottentot 
maid, 225; Christmas in Africa, 229; 
am arrested under suspicion of smug¬ 
gling, 232; adopt a Masara boy, 
248; deserted by my Kaffirs, 249; 
alone in the desert, 251; dangerous 
encounter with elephants, 263; see 
Lake Ngami, 265; a Kaffir repast, 
266; barter with Kaffirs, 268; Kaffir 
cruelty, 269; lose a valuable horse, 
274; am seized with ague, 276; a 
strong stomach, 277; farewell to 
Leche, 282; Masara boy deserted, 
286; return of fever, 287; hot pur¬ 
suit of a giraffe, 289; am ungrate¬ 
fully treated by Sechele, 290; re¬ 
monstrate with Sechele, 292; bush 
on fire, 296; great scarcity, 301; 
horses, 305; go on another trip, 305; 
heavy losses, 308; harvest time, 309; 
course of a; bullet, 309; get robbed, 
312; how we find water, 313; after 
elephants, 316; fear of the tsetse, 
321; hard pursuit of an elephant, 
322; exciting chase, 327; African 
cookery, 333; in search of a rhino¬ 
ceros, 334; a riddle solved, 335; am 
deserted by the Kaffirs, 336; am pre¬ 
sented with Ngami, a Masara boy,337 ; ' 
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have a return of fever, 339; great 
heat, 340; visit some English mis¬ 
sionaries, 342; suffer from thirst, 343; 
from hunger, 345; birds, 349; sell 
my ivory, 353; a bad gun, 353; nar¬ 
row escape from drowning, 354; dif¬ 
ficulties of crossing the Tugela, 356; 
our wagon upset, 357; a finished 
actor, 360; knock David down, 361: 
upset with Midnight, 364: a Kaffir 
Rarey, 368; African serenade, 372; 
lose my horse Frenchman, 373; a 
hunter’s life, 374; after elands, 376; 
view of the Salt-pan, 378; light 
pockets, 382; perilous position, 385; 
a Masara encampment, 387; trek 
due north, 389; my dog seized by a 
tiger, 391; meet an Englishman, 392; 
shoot a gryse steinbuck, 395; arrive 
at the Zambesi Falls, 396; meet Dr. 
Livingstone, 399; in the hands of 
Masipootana,401; see Dr. Livingstone 
again, 403; savagely charged by a 
buffalo, 404; watch the water, 406 ; 
shoot a lion, 410; in difficulties at 
Nanta, 412; am deceived by and 
punish some Maccalacas, 415; per¬ 
secuted by mosquitoes, 419; shoot 
a rhinoceros, 420; water from the 
paunch of a quagga, 421; unen¬ 
viable plight, 422; adventure with 
a lion, 424; am thrown in the pur¬ 
suit of a giraffe, 428; through the 
thirst country, 431; my horses des¬ 
troyed by lions, 431; retrospect, 433; 
accident to my wagon, 434; meet two 
Englishmen, 434; dreadful accident, 
436; return to Natal, 437; lost 
wagon recovered, 442 
Baboons, 128, 209, 398 
Bamangwatos, a Kaffir tribe, 293, 308 
Barbel, 241 
Bashoo nuts, 275 
Batlanarmi wells. 178, 295 
Butokas, a tribe in South Africa, 393 
Bees’ nests, 372 
Blue wildebeests, 204 
Boccas, a servant of Mr. Baldwin’s, 
409, 413, 427, 442 
