African Nature Notes and Reminiscences

INDEX INDEX Abbot, Mr., donkey waggon service in Transvaal, established by, 153 Addo bush, Cape Colony, wild animals in the, 135 ; buffaloes in, 137 African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi , by Baldwin, 185 Alaska, colouring of the wild animals of, in winter, 11 Amatongaland, the author's journey to, 222 ; inyalas found in, 223 Andersson, C. J., his opinion on buffaloes and tse-tse flies, 161 ; his opinion on the Keitloa rhinoceros, 183 ; on the black rhinoceros, 184 Angas, Douglas, the inyala first described by, 222 ; his further description of the inyala, 243 Angwa river, in Southern Rhodesia, a few rhinoceroses left near, 131 Animals, wild, colour of, xiii , 1 f.; the author's opinion on the colour of, 4 ff.; different colouring of, in the same regions, 12 ; senses used by, when hunting, 14 ; influence of surroundings on the coloration of, 39 ; restlessness of, 19 , 42 ; collected in the Dett valley, 133 ; African, unharmed by the tse-tse fly's biting, 173 Antelope, colour of an, 23 , 29 ; size of ears in African, 30 ; difference between male and female, 33 . See Blesbok, Bontebok, Duiker, Gemsbuck, Impala, Inyala, Koodoo, Situtunga, Steinbuck, Tsessebe, Reedbuck Ant-heaps, common in South Africa, 25 Arms of Bushmen, 341 Arnot, F. S., his description of the death of an elephant killed by lions, 65 Arrows, poisoned, formerly used by Bushmen when hunting lions, 94 ; formerly the only arms of Bushmen, 329 Baines, Thomas, and the tse-tse flies in the Limpopo valley, 1871, recorded in his book Gold Regions of South-East Africa , 151 Bakalahari tribes, Dr. Livingstone on the, 339 Baldwin, African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi , by, 184 ; and the inyala, 1854, 223 Bambaleli, Enduna of Bulawayo, courage of, when fighting lions, 94 Bantu, an African race, 334 ; characteristics of the, 338 Barbary sheep. See Sheep Baringo, Lake, miraculous escape of Mr. Eastwood near, 199 Barking of wild dogs, 120 Barotse country, tse-tse flies in, 159 Batauwana, the, tribe at Lake N'gami, 161 Bechwana, a Bantu tribe of South Africa, 339 Bechwanaland Protectorate, ant-heaps common in, 25 ; inhabited by Bushmen, 330 Bellowing, a dying buffalo's, 142 Big Game Shooting of the Badminton Library, 198 Birds, Darwin's opinion of the colour of, 3 ; ravens not Arctic, 42 n. ; tick-, warning rhinoceroses, 189 Bite of a lion, poisonous nature of the, 49 , 71 , 263 ; of a tse-tse fly, 175 Blaauwbok, extinct in South Africa, 130 Bleek, Dr., on the languages spoken in South Africa, 332 ; on the language of the dwarfish Bushmen, 336 Blesbok, description of a, 37 ; mistaken for bonteboks, 38 ; considered as a faded bontebok, 40 Boer States, The , by Professor Keane, 331 Bontebok, description of a, 36 ; blesbok mistaken for, 38 Borili, a variety of rhinoceros, 183 Botletlie river, buffaloes and tse-tse flies plentiful on the, 1878, 153 Bradshaw, Dr. B. F., on tse-tse flies, 155 , 160 Bruce, Lieutenant-Colonel, in Zululand, his remarks on the tse-tse fly, 160 Bryden, H. A., on the giraffe's absence of voice, 211 Buffalo, Cape, scarcity of the, 131 ; plentiful in 1873, 132 ; divers opinions on the dangers of hunting the, 137 ; description of a, 145 Buffaloes, coloration of, 43 ; hunted by wild dogs, 220 ; where still found, 136 ; numbers of, killed by the author, 138 ; ways of hunted and wounded, 140 ; colour of their calves, 145 ; elephants' courtesy towards, 147 ; and tse-tse flies, 149 ; destruction of, 1872, 152 ; feeding in herds, 303 Bulawayo, in Matabeleland, 80 ; Enduna of, a dignity in Matabeleland, 94 Burchell's zebra. See Zebras Bushbuck, coloration of, 31 ; male, darker than female, 33 ; scarce where inyalas are plentiful, 248 Bushmen, keen sight of, 19 ; lions killed with poisoned arrows by, 94 ; description of, 1872, 329 ; language of, 333 , 335 ; pigmy, 337 ; mode of life of, 340 ; privations suffered by, 342 ; character of, 344 ; affectionate towards their children, 347 ; only primitive race in South Africa, 348 Bush-pigs, 306 Butterflies, African, 7 Buzi river, 225 Bystander , the, on the giraffe, 28 Campbell, John, missionary in Southern Bechwanaland, 1845, 136 Cape Colony, bushbucks found in, 31 Caravans charged by rhinoceroses, 193 Caribou, colouring of the, 9 , 11 ; unconscious of human beings' presence, 16 Cattle, demeanour of, in the proximity of lions, 95 ; "God's cattle," native name of buffaloes, 146 ; "fly-stuck," 160 ; symptoms of "fly-stuck," 171 ; sometimes recover from the sting of the tse-tse fly, 172 ; sufferings of, in hot weather, in the desert of South Africa, 315 ; instinct of, after water, 322 Chapman, his opinion on the keitloa rhinoceros, 183 Chetahs, curious running and crouching of, 125 ff.; swiftness of Indian, 128 Chobi river, bushbucks found near, 32 ; Collison hunting buffaloes near the, 143 ; buffaloes plentiful near, 145 ; tse-tse flies along the, 154 , 157 ; free from tse-tse flies, 165 Christmas, heat in South Africa at the time of, 314 Classification of lions, 78 Clothing of a South-African hunter, 139 Coal-mine at Wankies, 163 Coke's hartebeest. See Hartebeest Colesberg, in Cape Colony, 81 Collison, H. C., and the wild dogs, 123 ; hunting buffaloes, 1879, at Tlakani, 313 Colour of wild animals, xiii , xvi , 1 f.; the author's opinion on the, 4 ; Wallace's opinion on the, 9 ; different, in the same regions, 12 ; of lions' eyes, 73 ; of buffalo calves, 145 Columbia, Northern British, 11 Coolies, Uganda Railway, killed by man-eaters, 49 Cooper, Frank, and the chetah, 127 Costello, Mr., trap made by, to catch a man-eater, 52 Cougar, President Roosevelt's experience when hunting a, xvii Crocodiles, rhinoceros killed by, 201 Cross, Alfred, his adventure with a lion, 45 Cubs, differences between lions', 77 ; usual number of a lioness's, 87 ; chetah, reared by a she-dog, 129 Cumming, Gordon, his book on African hunting, 47 ; on the black rhinoceros, 183 , 194 Daka, 154 Damaraland, Andersson hunting in, 184 Darwin, his opinion on the coloration of birds, 3 Darwin, Mount, buffaloes near, 135 Dawkins, Prof. Boyd, on the fossil lions, 82 Dawnay, Hon. Guy, killed by a buffalo, 140 Dawson, James, and the wild dogs, 123 De Beers Compound at Kimberley, 104 Denukani, town built by the Batauwana, 161 Desiccation of South Africa, 136 Dett, swampy valley south-east of Victoria Falls, 132 ; wild animals collected in, 133 Dick, Mangwato boy, Collison's after-rider, 317 Dogs, wild, hunting buffaloes, 120 ; no enemy to man, 122 ; swiftness of, 123 ; curious experiences with, 123 f. Donkey waggon service in Transvaal, 153 . Dorehill, George, and the giraffes, 215 ; his gun and the author's adventure with the two lions, 278 Drake, Fred, at Shoshong, 325 ; his kindness to the author, 326 Dress of a South-African hunter, 139 ; of Bushmen, women, and girls, 340 Drummond, Hon. W. H., The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa by , his description of the inyala, 224 Duiker, a small antelope, 16 Dust, sufferings caused to cattle by, 315 Dwarsberg, in Transvaal, 331 Ears, size of, in African antelopes, 30 Eastwood, B., wounded by a black rhinoceros, 199 Edixhoven, Mr., his kindness to the author, 229 , 253 Egg, ostrich, found by Bushmen, 343 Eland, description of an, 254 Elephants, and lions, 64 ; example of their courtesy towards buffaloes, 147 ; drinking at Sikumi river, 271 Elephants' Haunts , by Captain Faulkner, 227 Elliott, Rev. W. A., at Umshlangeni, the author's experience when staying with, 1882, 176 Elmenteita, in British East Africa, 5 ; zebras near, 21 Enduna, a dignity in Matabeleland, 94 Engelbreght, Michael, Boer hunter, 17 story told by, 64 Europe, lions common in, at the time of Herodotus, 83 Eyes, colour of a lion's, 73 Eyesight, necessity of a trained, for hunters, 17 ; results of training of, 19 Falls, Victoria, 154 ; the "Dett" valley south-east of, 132 Farm devastated by a lioness in Mashunaland, 68 Faulkner, Capt., inyala shot by, near Cape Maclear, 1866, 227 Field , the, Sir Alfred Sharpe's opinion on the tse-tse fly published in, 150 Fleischmann, Max C., his letter to President Roosevelt, 1907, 201 Flies. See Tse-tse fly Food, favourite, of lions, 64 ; of hyænas, 103 ; of Bushmen, 341 "Foreword" by President Roosevelt, xi - xix Fortnightly Review , 54 Fountaine, A., and the chetah, 127 Fox, Arctic, hunting of the, 10 ; white coat of an, 41 Gazelle, Thomson's, coloration of, 13 ; markings of, 23 Gemsbuck, description of the, 256 f.: the author's hunt after, 258 , 265 , 267 , 287 ; nature of the, 268 Giraffe, shape and coloration of a, 26 ; the Somali, 28 ; seldom killed by lions, 64 ; stateliness of the, 205 ; a little-drinking animal, 209 ; a voiceless animal, 211 ; some adventures of the author with, 213 , 215 ; strong smell of the, 216 ; attacked by two leopards, 219 ; calves, 221 Glossina morsitans. See Tse-tse fly Goats, African, unaffected by tse-tse fly disease, 173 Gold found in the Transvaal, 152 ; in Witwaters Rand, 325 Gold Regions of South-East Africa, The , by Mr. Thomas Baines, 151 Gould, his kindness to the author, 229 Grant's zebra. See Zebra Great and Small Game of Africa , published by Rowland Ward, 38 ; Mr. Vaughan Kirby's contribution to the, 195 ; Mr. A. H. Neumann on the giraffe in the, 218 Griqualand, 337 Grogan and Sharpe, Messrs., East-African lion brought to England by, 83 Gugawi, the Amatonga headman, 240 Guinea-fowls, numerous on the Usutu river, 249 Gwai river, in Matabeleland, 102 ; tse-tse flies near, 1873, 163 Hanyani river, in Mashunaland, 15 ; farm devastated by a lioness near, 68 Hare, Polar, white winter coat of, 41 Harris, Sir Cornwallis, and the mistake concerning bonteboks and blesboks, 38 ; his drawings of lions, 81 ; his hunting expedition in South Africa, 1836-37, 180 Harrison, Col. J. J., quotation from, concerning the Somali giraffe, 28 Hartebeest, coloration of a, 24 ; mixed species of, 35 ; hybrid hartebeest shot by Cornelis van Rooyen, 36 Hartley Hills, in Mashunaland, 166 Hayes-Sadler, Sir James, his report on black rhinoceroses, 199 Hearing, keen sense of, in antelopes, 30 ; keenness of, of rhinoceroses, 189 Heart and liver, choice pieces of meat in a wild animal, 115 ; of elephant, as food, 133 Herodotus, lions common in Europe at the time of, 83 Hide of the giraffe, 217 Hippopotamuses, 306 Horns, length of gemsbucks', 267 ; commercial value of rhinoceroses', 188 Horse, bitten by a lion, 263 ; meaning of a "salted," 283 n. Hottentots, language of, 332 Howl of the hyæna, 115 ; of the wild dog, 121 Huebner, Mr., and the death of Mr. Ryall, 50 Hunter's Wanderings, A , published in 1881, 187 Hyæna, spotted, character of the, 98 ; example of the audacity of the, 99 f.; preferred food of the, 103 ; old slaves and witches given to, 104 ; strength of the jaws of, 107 ; strength of, 108 ; courage of, 110 ; bowl of, 115 ; flesh of, a choice meat, 117 ; whelps of, 118 Impala antelope, killed by wild dogs, 121 Inyala, coloration of, 31 ; a variety of antelope, 222 ; description of the, 223 , 227 ; habitat of, 226 ; shot near Cape Maclear, 1866, 227 ; doe and male shot by the author, 242 Jackson, F. J., C.B., his article "The Lion," on the trouping of lions, 77 ; his opinion on rhinoceroses, 198 Jackson's hartebeest. See Hartebeest Jacobs, Petrus, Boer hunter, 179 James, F. L., giraffe killed by, 217 Jameson, J. A., and the chetah, 127 Jantje, Black, elephant hunter, and the lion, 54 ; his account of a Bushman killed by a lion, 71 Jerdon, Mammals of India by, 128 Johnston, Sir H. H., on the habitat of the inyala, 226 Jomani river, 103 "Kattea," name of pigmy Bushmen, mentioned by Prof. Keane, 331 Kazungula, free from tse-tse flies in 1885, 157 , 159 Keane, Prof., The Boer States by, 331 Keitloa, a variety of rhinoceros, 183 Khama, his people's liking for hyæna meat, 117 ; the author's help to his people, 144 ; Tinkarn, one of his chiefs, 312 ; praise of his government, 339 Kimberley, De Beers Compound at, 104 Kingsley, hunting experience of, with a lioness, 276 Kirby, Vaughan, his account of a hyæna, 118 ; contribution of, to Great and Small Game of Africa , 195 Kirk, Sir John, at Linyanti, with Dr. Livingstone, 1861, 164 Kirton, George, his account of a black rhinoceros, 1868, 186 Klabala, safe arrival of the author's party at, 1879, 327 Klas Lucas, Korana chief, 329 , 334 Knight-Bruce, Bishop, his donkeys killed by tse-tse fly bites, 172 Knox, Col., and his Soudanese lion, 84 Knysna forest in Cape Colony, 135 Koch, Dr., and the epidemic of rinderpest, 137 Koodoo, description of a, 30 ; keen sense of hearing of the, 30 ; hunted by wild dogs, 121 Koranas, language of the, 336 Languages spoken in South Africa, 332 , 333 Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa , The, by Hon. W. H, Drummond, 224 Lebombo range, buffaloes killed off below the, 153 Leopards, hunters of antelopes, 33 ; young giraffe hunted by, 219 Leshuma, water-hole at, 122 ; no tse-tse flies near, 157 Le Vaillant, buffaloes seen by, on the Orange river, 1783, 136 Libèbè's, road from Denukani to, 162 Limpopo valley, Burchell's zebras plentiful in, 21 ; tse-tse flies in, 1871, 152 , 166 Linquasi river, 112 Linyanti, chief town of the Makololo, 164 Lion, demeanour of a watching, 17 ; hunting strategy of the, 20 , 60 , 69 ; African names of the, 45 ; his usual way of catching his prey, 48 , 70 ; poisonous nature of his bite, 49 , 71 , 263 ; death of Mr. Ryall, killed by a man-eater, 50 ; the Majili man-eater, 54 - 59 ; his favourite food, 64 ; his manner of entering a cattle kraal, 68 ; colour of his eyes, 73 ; likeness of a stalking, to a stalking cat, 75 ; mane of a, 78 ; length of hair of a, 80 ; first evolved in a cold climate, 83 ; his cleverness as a butcher, 85 ; his roar, 89 "Lion, The," Jackson's article on the trouping of lions, 77 Lions, Colonel Patterson and the man-eaters, 49 ; classification of, 78 ; killed with poisoned arrows by Bushmen, 94 ; the author's ill-luck with the two, 279 f.; last of the thirty-one killed by the author, 307 ff. Livingstone, Dr., his opinion on man-eaters, 60 ; his visit to Sebitwane, 1853, 163 ; his remarks on the tse-tse fly, 167 ; on the Bushmen, 338 Livingstone search expedition, commanded by Lieutenant Young, 1866, 227 Lo Bengula, his account of the tse-tse fly's disappearance, 163 ; King of the Matabele, 270 Locusts in Matuta, 231 ; in South Central Africa, 1890, 234 Lo Magondi's kraal, 48 Longman, Zulu guide of the author, 233 Lotchi, head Enduna of Induba, convicted of witchcraft, 105 Lourenço Marques, Delagoa Bay, 253 Lydekker, R., his classification of lions, 78 Mababi plain, 78 ; river, 136 Machabi river, an overflow from the Okavango, 136 Mackinnon, Dr., and the troop of lions, 77 Maclear, Cape, inyala shot near, by Capt. Faulkner, 1866, 227 Macloutsie river, buffaloes plentiful along the, 152 Maghaliquain river, game found along the, 1886, 152 Majili river, a tributary of the Zambesi, 54 Makari-kari, rock salt found at, 264 Makololo, Mission sent to, 164 Mammals of India , by Jerdon, on hunting chetahs, 128 Mandy, Frank, and the old slave given to the hyænas, 104 Man-Eaters of Tsavo, The , by Colonel Patterson, 49 Manes, lions', differences between, 78 Manicaland, rock-paintings in, 336 Maputa river, formed by the Pongolo and the Usutu, 230 Marico river, 136 Masarwa, or Maseroa, name given by Khama's people to Bushmen, 330 Mashunaland, troubles caused by lions in, 1890, 67 ; rock-paintings in, 336 Matabele, courage of the, in attacking lions, 93 ; Umziligazi, founder of the nation, 162 Matabeleland, fate of witches in, 107 ; Lo Bengula, King of, 270 Matuta, locusts in, 231 Meat, hyæna flesh considered a choice, by Khama's people, 117 Melons, water-, known to wild animals and used instead of water, 210 Miller, Mr., hunting buffaloes near the Chobi, 1879, 143 ; travelling with the author from Tlakani, 313 , 317 Mine, coal-, at Wankies, 163 Mission sent to Makololo, fate of the, 164 Missionary Travels , by Dr. Livingstone, 338 Moffat, Dr. Robert, on the languages spoken in South African, 332 Molipololi, hunters from, 208 Molopo river, buffaloes found near the, 136 Moose, colouring of, in winter, 11 ; keen sense of hearing of the, 31 Mossel Bay, buffaloes found at, 136 Moufflon of Sardinia, colour of, 7 Museum, Natural History, at South Kensington, hybrid antelope at, 36 ; giraffe at, 218 ; gemsbuck at, 261 Mweru, Lake, 65 Nakuru, Lake, 5 ; zebras near, 21 Nansen, raven not noticed by, in the Arctic regions, 42 n. Napier, David, his experience with a black rhinoceros, 187 Natal, bushbucks found in, 31 Ndorobos, their way of killing rhinoceroses, 197 Neumann, A. H,, quotation from, on rhinoceroses, 196 ; on the giraffe's absence of voice, 211 ; on the giraffe, 218 Neumann's hartebeest. See Hartebeest N'gami, Lake, the Batauwana tribe at, 161 Notwani river, 136 Nyasa, Lake, Captain Faulkner's journey to, 227 Nyasaland, skins sent from, by Sir Alfred Sharpe, 226 Okavango river, disappearance of buffaloes and tse-tse flies on the, 161 Orange river, blesboks found near the, 38 ; buffaloes found near the, 136 Oribis, small antelope, 16 Oswell, William Cotton, buffaloes found by, near the Molopo, 136 ; on the tse-tse flies in Northern Transvaal, 1845, 151 ; his visit to Sebitwane, 1853, 163 ; his rhinoceros hunting, 1844, 1853, 182 ; on the borili rhinoceros, 183 ; and the chetah, 201 Ovampoland, Andersson hunting in, 184 Ox, musk, colouring of the, 9 ; changeless coat of the, 41 Paintings, rock-, in Mashunaland and Manicaland, 336 Palapye, hunters from, 208 Pandamatenka, 154 Panyami river, 135 Parenti, Mr., and Mr. Ryall's death, 50 Patterson, Colonel, his experiences with two man-eaters, 49 Pembroke Castle , the, author's specimens sent over on, 253 Pest. See Rinderpest Philips, G. A., number of hyænas poisoned with strychnine in one night by, 107 Pigmy Bushmen, 337 Pigs, immunity of, from tse-tse fly disease, 173 Pongolo river, inyalas near, 225 Prongbuck of North America, the "crysanthemum" of the, xvi Pungwe river, lions with manes found near the, 81 ; abundant game in the district of the, 88 Quagga, extinct in South Africa, 130 Quito river. See Chobi Ramokwebani river, 82 Raven, not an Arctic bird, 42 n. Reedbuck, small antelope 16 ; killed by the author, 235 Reid, Percy, his kindness to an old hyæna, 110 ; letter from, concerning tse-tse flies, 157 Restlessness of wild animals, 19 , 42 Revue river, 96 ; tse-tse flies on the, 1891, 173 Rhinoceros, coming to drink, 113 ; hyænas and the, 114 ; calf killed by hyænas, 116 ; white, driven away from the author's camp, 272 ; wonderful escape of a black, 273 Rhinoceroses, black and white, scarcity of the, 131 , 179 ; plentiful in 1873, 132 ; Sir Corwallis Harris and the, 1836, 182 ; Mr. Oswell's hunting the, 182 ; borili and keitloa, 183 ; differences between the white and the black, 185 ; commercial value of horns of, increased in c. 1880, 188 ; supposed charges of, 190 ; explanation of the charges of, 192 ; killed by crocodiles, 201 Rhodesia, North-Western, scarcity of rhinoceroses in, 195 Rhodesia, Southern, countries included in, 293 Richardson, Sir Cornwallis Harris's companion in his hunting expedition in South Africa, 1836, 180 Rinderpest, in 1896, 30 , 135 ; Dr. Koch and the epidemic of, 137 Roads, waggon, through fly-infested countries, 153 f. Roaring of lions, 89 Rocks. See Paintings Roosevelt, President, " Foreword " by, xi - xix ; letter from, to the author, 1907, 200 Rooyen, Cornelis van, hybrid hartebeest shot by, 36 ; and the chase of the wild dogs, 123 ; and the chetahs, 126 Rothschild, Hon. Walter, giraffe of, in the Tring Museum, 218 Ryall, C. H., killed by a man-eater, 50 Sabi river, chetah cubs found near, 129 ; inyalas found near, 225 St. Lucia Bay, 166 ; inyalas near, 225 Salisbury, capital of Mashunaland, 48 Salt, rock, found at Makari-kari, 264 Sanyati river, 135 Scent, carnivorous animals hunting by, 14 , 18 ; keenness of rhinoceros's, 189 ; the giraffe's keenness of, 212 Schweinitz, Count von, and the gemsbuck, 290 Sclater, Dr., inyala skin sent to, by Sir Alfred Sharpe, 1891, 226 Sebakwe river, in Mashunaland, 123 Sebitwane, chief of the Makololo, 162 ; Dr. Livingstone's visit to, 1853, 163 Sekeletu, Sebitwane's son, Dr. Livingstone's visit to, 1861, 164 Sell, Mr., travelling with the author from Tlakani, 313 "Selous," John, description of, 333 ; his native language, 334 Shangani river, tse-tse flies at the, 1873, 163 Sharpe. See Grogan and Sharpe Sharpe, Sir Alfred, his opinions on the tse-tse fly, published in the Field , 150 ; inyala skin sent to Dr. Sclater by, 1891, 226 Shashi river, buffaloes plentiful near the, 152 Sheep, Barbary, colour of, 6 Shoshong, chief town of Khama's people, 324 ; the author at, 325 Sight, small use of, in carnivorous animals, 14 , 18 ; dulness of, of rhinoceroses, 189 ; strong, of the giraffe, 206 ; keen, of the gemsbuck, 257 ; keen, of vultures, 260 Sikumi river, elephants drinking at, 271 Situtunga, coloration of, 31 , 33 Smell, strong, of zebras, 22 ; of lions, disagreeable to domestic animals, 97 ; of hyænas, 116 ; of giraffes, 216 Steinbuck, small antelope, 16 Stigand, Capt., injured by a black rhinoceros, 195 Stockade made by natives, as a defence against lions, 53 Sungwe, Lake, 89 Surroundings, influence of, on the coloured coats of animals, 39 Swahilis, hunting rhinoceroses, 197 Swart, Martinus, Boer hunter, 179 Symptoms of the disease caused by tse-tse fly bites, 171 Tamalakan river, 136 ; tse-tse flies numerous near the, in 1853, 153 Tana river, wild animals in the, 201 Tanganyika, Lake, 66 Tati, river, 82 Teale, death of, killed by a lion in Mashunaland, 67 Tembe river, inyalas near, 225 Teoge. See Okavango Thamma-Setjie, on the road to Zambesi, 192 Thomson's gazelle. See Gazelle Tinkarn, head of Khama's people, his preference for hyæna meat, 117 ; one of Khama's chiefs, 312 ; travelling with the author, 313 ; his influence over Bushmen, 335 Tlakani, journey of the author and his friends from, to Klabala, Christmas 1879, 313 - 327 Transvaal, Northern, infested by tse-tse flies, 1845, 151 ; gold found in, 152 Trap, made by Mr. Costello, to catch a man-eater, 52 ; hyæna breaking a large iron trap, 108 Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa , 332 Tring Museum, giraffe at, 218 Tripanosomes, tse-tse fly blood parasites, 171 Truscott, Jim, trader in Shoshong, 325 Tsessebes, hunting and shooting, 284 f. Tse-tse flies, connection between buffaloes and, 149 ; Sir Alfred Sharpe on the, 150 ; disappearance of the, 151 f., 156 ; causes of the increase of, 159 ; dangers of the sting of, to cattle, 161 ; its conditions of existence, 166 ; Dr. Livingstone's remarks on, 167 ; bite of, 170 ; when most troublesome, 174 ; curious effect of the bites of, 176 Tubers, water-conserving, known to natives and wild animals, 209 Uganda Railway, coolies killed by man-eaters, 49 Umay river, in Matabeleland, 53 Umfuli river, in Mashunaland, 26 Umsengaisi river, 135 Umshlangeni, Mission Station at, 176 Umziligazi, father of Lo Bengula, 94 ; founder of the Matabele nation, 162 Umzingwani river, 80 Umzweswe river, tse-tse flies near the, 168 Ungwesi river, 55 Usutu river, inyalas plentiful near the, 247 ; guinea-fowls on the, 249 Vaal river, 40 Vaalpens, meaning of, 331 Viljoen, Jan, Boer hunter, 179 Vultures, strong sight of, 260 Walfisch Bay, 268 Wall, Henry, elephant hunter, and the lion, 54 Wallace, Alfred Russel, quotation from, on the colour of wild animals, 2 ; on the colour of wild animals, 9 , 34 Wankies, coal-mine at, 163 Ward, Rowland, Great and Small Game of Africa , published by, 38 ; and a giraffe killed by the author, 217 Wart-hogs, 306 Water, vegetable substitute for, 209 ; giraffes said to be independent of, for months at a time, 211 ; sufferings caused by scarcity of, 315 f.; travelling after, 318 f.; instinct of cattle after, 322 Waterberg, in Northern Transvaal, 151 Waterbucks, 305 Westbeech, George, his opinion on the disappearance of the tse-tse fly, 158 Whelps of hyænas, 118 Wild Beasts and Their Ways , by Samuel Baker, 201 Winter, colouring of wild animals in, 11 , 41 Wissels, Mr., the author's journey with, to Amatongaland, 1896, 229 , 251 Witchcraft, punishment of, in Africa, 105 ; trials for, in Matabeleland, 107 Witwaters Rand, gold found in, 325 Women used as porters in Amatongaland, 233 Wood, George, hunting experience of, 187 Young, Lieutenant, the Livingstone search expedition commanded by, 1866, 227 Yukon Territory, colouring of the wild animals of, in winter, 11 Zambesi river, Burchell's zebras plentiful near, 21 ; bushbucks found near, 32 ; tse-tse flies along the, c. 1878, 154 Zebras, colouring of different races of, 5 ; Grant's zebras, 5 ; beauty of Burchell's zebra, 21 ; strong smell of, 22 ; friendly inquisitiveness of, 305 Zoutpansberg, in Northern Transvaal, 151 Zumbo, on the Zambesi, 176

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