l#Page_134" class="pginternal">134

Bird-Thompson, Mr., 304

Bison, North American, 376;

habits and chase, 377;

extinction, 403

Black bear (Ursus americanus), 351, 353-357, 369-375

Black-tail (Cervus columbianus), 419, 423

Blue buck, 309

Boers, 97;

their manner of killing elephants, 111;

influence over the black races, 151;

English attitude towards, 151

Bomas (zerebas), 173

Boots, English shooting, 18

Borili (rhinoceros), 42, 44

Boscowitz’s store, Victoria, British Columbia, 361, 371, 375

Brayos river, North America, 369

Bridge River country, British Columbia, 391

British Columbia, bears in, 23, 347, 351, 354, 359, 369, 371, 375, 390;

moose, 398;

wapiti, 403;

woodland caribou, 415;

mule deer, 419;

white-tail, 421

British Columbian Museum, 416

British Museum, 426

British South Africa Company, 333

Bubalis leucoprymnus (hartebeest), 291

Bucking horses, Cape, 105

Buffalo, South African, herds of, 41;

courage, 51;

baffling attack by lions, 52;

its charge, 54;

vengeful nature, 54;

stampeding, 55;

three lions attacking one, 90;

its tender spot, 95;

a swarm of, 96;

— East African, destroyed by anthrax, 186, 217;

vitality, 203;

ferocity, 214;

hunting, 216;

large numbers formerly, 217;

habits, 218;

stalking, 327

Diseases in East Africa, 312

Dodge, Colonel, on buffalo, 376, 378;

on the wapiti, 406

Dogs used in hunting, 24, 64, 66, 69-71, 120, 123, 126, 332, 372, 430-434;

native, tricking alligators, 133

Doreta, East Africa, 290

Dress, sporting, 158-161

Duck, 187

Duruma country, East Africa, 311

Duyker, 167, 285, 308, 309

Eagles, 395

East Africa, sport to-day in, 154;

guns suitable, 155-158;

game districts and routes, 160-172;

camp gear, 161-163;

stores, 163;

goods for barter, 165;

elephant stalking, 166-168;

length of marches, 172, 173;

water, 173;

details of a sportsman’s caravan, 176-184;

hints on stalking, 185-203;

the wind, 187;

early morning, 195;

elephant hunting, 204-213;

buffalo hunting, 214-235;

the lion, his appearance, habits, and chase, 236-250;

stalking and killing rhinoceros, 251, 268;

hippopotamus, 269-274;

giraffe, 275-277;

ostrich, 277, 278;

stalking antelopes, 279-284;

list of antelopes, 285;

eland, 11;

secret of their success, 13;

mode of packing venison, 15

Interpreters, 313

Ishah (steinbuck), 301

Jackals, 75, 108, 196

Jackson, F. J., on stalking the rhinoceros, 3;

on the battery for sporting in East Africa, 155-158;

on dress, 158-161;

on camp gear, 161-163;

on stores, 163-165;

on game districts and routes, 166-175;

on the caravan and its adjuncts, 176-184;

his hints on stalking and driving, 185-203;

stalking bull eland, 190-193;

driving antelope, 198-200;

device of the imitation ostrich, 200;

on where to place the shot, 202;

hunting elephants, 205;

in a typical elephant hunt, 208;

in company with Mr. Hunter, 209-213;

shooting buffalo, 214-230;

a buffalo hunt in the Arusha-wa-Chini district, 230-235;

lion killing, 236-250;

personal experiences of the rhinoceros, 251-268;

views on hippo-hunting, 269-274;

on ostriches and giraffes, 275-278;

description of East African antelopes, 279-311;

on the climate of East Africa, 311

Jackson’s hartebeest, 166, 291

Jaguar, South American, 426, 427

James, H. A., 421

Jenner, Mr., 292, note

Jilori, East Africa, 270

John (Selous’ waggon driver), 335-343

John Thomas (Oswell’s Africander servant), sketch of his career, 56-59;

sporting incidents connected with, 68, 69, 84-h@48584-h-2.htm.html#Page_83" class="pginternal">83, 88, 100, 110, 115, 131

Lion, South African, native mode of killing, 47;

Livingstone’s adventure, 47;

a woman’s courage with a lioness, 48;

attacking buffaloes, 52, 90;

killing oxen in camp, 64, 66;

bayed by dogs, 64, 69;

Mr. Oswell’s narrow escape from, 69;

the question of its courage or cowardice, 92, 315-319;

fear of man, 93;

not so formidable as the North African, 94;

quickness and strength, 94;

cries and bark, 98;

at a typical breakfast, 108;

Oswell’s encounter again with one, 119;

fear of the horse for, 120;

attack on a Kafir, 121;

starving, 122;

chasing oxen, 127;

killing baby elephant, 128;

maneless, 131;

instances of its boldness and ferocity, 319, 320;

dangerous nature of old animals, 320;

not a clean feeder, 321;

burying paunch and entrails of prey, 322, 323;

cannibalism, 323;

mode of killing prey, 324;

physical appearance, 327;

mane, 327;

weight of, 328;

measurements of, 329;

its roar, 331;

behaviour when wounded, 332;

guns for killing, 332;

Selous’ kill of the largest in his experience, 333-344;

— East African, stalking eland, 191;

conduct when wounded, 215;

his ‘kingly’ title questioned, 236;

appearance, 236;

habits, 237;

attacking camps, 238;

attacks on man, 239-242;

charging, 242;

the maneless, 243;

animals on which he preys, 243-245;< ="pginternal">294

Oryx, East African, stalking, 281, 270

Roan antelope, 292

Rocky Mountain goat (Haploceros montanus), habitat, 390, 391;

stalking, 391;

measurement, 392

Rocky Mountains, buffalo in, 378;

bighorn, 381, 384;

goats, 390-392;

moose, 397

Rombo plains, East Africa, 200, 245, 298

Rooyebuck, 60

Rooyen, Cornelius van, 327

Sabaki river, East Africa, 270, 291, 293, 300, 304

Sable antelope, 293

SacoclÈ mountain, Alaska, 367

Sadala (tent-boy), 276

Safari (caravan), 176

St. Lawrence river, 369, 396, 397

Sala (Gazella Petersi), 299

Sala or Swara (Grant’s gazelle), 298

Salisbury, Mashonaland, 318, 333, 336

Salmon, 360, 366

Salmon river, Vancouver Island, 407

Sambur leather leggings, 160

San Francisco, grizzly of, 360

San Juan, Straits of, 392

Sand-grouse (Pterocles decoratus), 186, 197

Sasaybye, the, 50

Saskatchewan, the, 378

S-cheeked curb-bits, 105

Schoverling & Daly, of New York, 414

Sclater, Mr. (Secretary of the London Zoological Society), 351

Scotch red deer, 403, 404

Scotland, 426

Sebitoani (South African chief), 114, 143;

narrates his career to Livingstone, 145;

encounters a cannibal race, 146;

compact with slave traders, 148,149

SechÉlÉ (South African chief), 119

Sechuana language, 116, 124, 147

Secomi (chief of the Ba-Mungwato), 72, 173, 201

Waterbuck, the, 89, 122, 169, 230, 231, 303

Water calabash, the, 178

Water-holes, 201, 202

Waterproofs in a sporting expedition, 160

Water-tins, 172

Webb, W. F., of Newstead Abbey, 31, 135

Wells, Sam (meat hunter), 404, 408, 410, 412

Weri-weri river, East Africa, 167, 230, 303

Westley-Richards 12-bore, 33

White-tail (C. virginianus), habitat and haunts, 421;

weight and head, 423

‘Wild Beasts and their Ways,’ 257, 324, 328

Wild cattle, 425, 426

Wild dogs, 71

Wildebeest, 60, 93, 112;

brindled or blue, 289

Williams, Capt. W. H., R.A., 311

Williamson, Andrew, on wapiti, 406, 407

Willoughby, Sir John, 293

Wilson (a trader), killing lions with Oswell, 132

Winchester rifle, 182, 361

Wind, the, in East Africa, 187

Winnipeg, 376

Wissmann tent, the 161

Witu, 309

Wolf, Joseph (artist), his sketches, 32, 91 note, 129 note

Wolseley valise, the, 162

Wolverton, Lord, his bag of lions in Somaliland, 316, 327

Wood buffalo, 379

Wood, Mr., 317

Woodland caribou (C. tarandus), 396;

size and weight, 415;

haunts, 416;

food, 417

Wrangel, Alaska, 361, 362, 365

Wrey, G. B., 414

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