Hunters three
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- Sport and adventure in South Africa
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1. Front matter2. HUNTERS THREE3. CHAPTER I. BREAKFAST INTERRUPTED—CHASING A BIG TUSKER.4. CHAPTER II. SURPRISED—A WOMAN HUNTING ELEPHANTS—JACK'S HIPPOPOTAMUS.5. CHAPTER III. A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE—THE FAIR HUNTER DISCUSSED—LIONS VISIT US AT NIGHT.6. CHAPTER IV. NARROW ESCAPE FROM A BUFFALO—A DIVERGENT EXCURSION.7. CHAPTER V. AFTER BUFFALOES AND ELANDS—A FORTUNATE SNAP-SHOT—ANOTHER HUNTER'S GAME.8. CHAPTER VI. A DISPUTED PRIZE—RULE OF AFRICAN HUNTING—MRS. ROBERTS.9. CHAPTER VII. STALKING A KOODOO—HARRY AND JACK AMONG ELANDS—CAUGHT IN A PITFALL.10. CHAPTER VIII. AFRICAN HORSE-SICKNESS—TWO NARROW ESCAPES IN ELEPHANT-HUNTING—JACK AND HIS HORSE.11. CHAPTER IX. A MORNING CALL IN SOUTH AFRICA—LADIES AT HOME—HOW MISS BOLAND KILLED A LION.12. CHAPTER X. AN INVITATION ACCEPTED—ANOTHER BUFFALO—PREPARING LUNCHEON IN STYLE.13. CHAPTER XI. ICE-MAKING IN AFRICA—A HUNTERS' LUNCHEON—AFTER GEMSBOK AGAIN.14. CHAPTER XII. ANOTHER ELEPHANT—A MISFORTUNE—HARRY'S LUCK.15. CHAPTER XIII. HARRY'S SHOT—HIS TRACKER'S PREDICAMENT—AFTER HIPPOPOTAMI—ELEPHANTS AGAIN.16. CHAPTER XIV. HUNTING GIRAFFES—NOVEL MODE OF CAPTURE—A BIG SNAKE.17. CHAPTER XV. HOW THE SERPENT WAS CAPTURED—HOSPITABLE RECEPTION—MYSTERY OF A DONKEY.18. CHAPTER XVI. SNAKE CUTLETS AND STEWS—MISS BOLAND STALKS A GIRAFFE—OXEN FOR HUNTING-PURPOSES.19. CHAPTER XVII. MRS. ROBERTS KILLS A GIRAFFE—HUNTING THE RHINOCEROS—MISS BOLAND SECURES A PET.20. CHAPTER XVIII. TRANSPORTING A YOUNG RHINOCEROS—HARRY AND JACK IN LOVE—ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE—JACK'S BOAT.21. CHAPTER XIX. TWO NARROW ESCAPES FROM CROCODILES—STALKING ELANDS WITH LIONS IN COMPANY—GOOD RECORD FOR AN AFTERNOON.22. CHAPTER XX. AN ALARM—THE LADIES MISSING—WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM—THE RESCUE.23. CHAPTER XXI. RESCUING THE LADIES FROM LIONS—ON THE WAY TO CAMP—FIGHT WITH A ROGUE ELEPHANT.24. CHAPTER XXII. HUNTING HIPPOS AND CROCODILES—THE LADIES MISSING AGAIN—CONJECTURES AS TO THEIR FATE.25. CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESCUING-PARTY—A STARTLING DISCOVERY—CAUGHT IN A CLOUD-BURST.26. CHAPTER XXIV. UNPLEASANT COMPANY—RESCUING THE CASTAWAYS—SHOOTING LIONS AT NIGHT—MISS BOLAND'S MENAGERIE.27. CHAPTER XXV. LADIES HUNTING HIPPOS—MISS BOLAND OVERBOARD AMONG THE CROCODILES—DISCUSSING A CHANGE OF BASE.28. CHAPTER XXVI. CHANGE OF BASE—CROSSING THE RIVER—RUNAWAY OXEN—NEW HUNTING-GROUND.29. CHAPTER XXVII. THE LADIES CHASED BY A HERD OF BUFFALOES—HOW THEIR LIVES WERE SAVED—IN CAMP AGAIN—STORIES OF BUFFALO ADVENTURE.30. CHAPTER XXVIII. MISCELLANEOUS HUNTING—SUDDEN CALL FOR HELP—THE LADIES BESIEGED BY AN AFRICAN CHIEF—FOREIGNERS' MAGIC.31. CHAPTER XXIX. HOW WE DECEIVED THE KING—SOLVING A MATRIMONIAL PUZZLE—INSPAN AND MOVE SOUTH—OVERTAKEN.32. CHAPTER XXX. THE LAST HUNT—THREE PROPOSALS—"STILL WATERS RUN DEEP"—THE END.