Part 2

XIII. BUFFALO 170

XIV. AFRICAN LIONS 175

XV. RIFLES 179

XVI. AFRICAN ADMINISTRATIONS 184

INDEX 188

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Native Attack Frontispiece

The Falling Spear: the Deadliest Native Elephant Trap Facing 2

The Marauding Bull ” 3

Spear Weighing about Four Hundred Pounds ” 3

The Deadliest and Most Humane Method of Killing the African Elephant ” 6

The Brain Shot from Behind ” 6

The Position of the Brain when the Head is Viewed from the Front ” 6

Locating the Brain with the Side of the Head to the Sportsman ” 6

The Elephant, after the Brain Shot, Dies Quietly ” 7

The Angry Bull ” 8

Where the Windpipe enters the Body is the Spot to Hit ” 8

Elephant in the Country Most Suited to the Body Shot ” 8

With One Eye Shut ” 8

With Both Eyes Open ” 8

The Dotted Lines show the Position of the Heart and Lungs ” 8

With the Herd in the Pairing Season ” 9

Elephant Slinking Away, Warned of the Approach of Man by Honey-Guides ” 14

Medicine indeed! ” 15

He Shook His Head so Violently in the Death Throes that a Tusk Flew Out ” 16

A M’Boni Village ” 17

M’Sanya Bow and Poisoned Arrow ” 18