Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, Capt: 25Th Royal Fusiliers (Classic Reprint)

Lands again at A lgoa Bay Reaches Matabeleland Kills a fine lion George Westbeech Return to the Diamond Fields Loses a fine lion The comparative danger of hunting various wild animals Views of experienced hunters Adventures with buffaloes Goes north to the Zambesi Hunting in the Chobe delta Sepopo selephant drives A charging buffalo Selous horse killed by a buffalo Further adventures with buffaloes Their speed and cunning A depressing outlook Visit to the Zambesi Portuguese misrule The Kafukwe country An unhealthy region Illness of Owen and Selous Restored to health Elephant hunting on the Hanyane river Clarkson and Wood The death of Quabeet A vicious cow Nearly crushed Kills a lioness Plans for the future .. Page 99 CHAPTER V1879-1880 Intends to visit the Mashukulumbwe country Expedition into the northern Kalahari The Botletlie river Adventure with lions The difficulties of the Thirstland The Mababe flats Oxen nearly exhausted Finds water Kills two lionesses and two fine lions -H unting on the Linyanti and Chobe The death of French Sick with fever Causes of the Zulu War The magnanimity of the Zulus Selous visit to Cetewayo The story of John Dunn Mc Leod of Mc Leod The Swazi kings reasoning Selous views on the Zulu War Sir Godfrey Lagden Selous again goes to Matabeleland J. S. Jameson, some details of his life Expedition to Mashunaland Return to England Causes of the first Boer War Selous first book Slaughter of game in South Africa The ethics of Big Game hunting CHAPTER VI 1881-1885 Return to South Africa Intends to be an ostrich farmer Goes north again The snake-stone Collecting specimens of big game and butterflies A bold lioness Visit to Khama Lion attacks the camp Death of the lion Laer snarrow escape -K ills a leopard Reaches the Zambesi Goes south and then returns to Mashunaland The Manyami plateau A savage leopard Adventure with a lion The hippopotam
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)