INDEX

Adahm, Sergt., 202

Africa—early influences on F. C. Selous, 5, 13, 29, 51, 55, 62 et seq.; account of his first visit, 67 et seq.; second visit, 99-140; third visit, 141-95; Selous depressed at financial situation (1884), 152; fourth visit, 208-224 See also: Boers, Boer War, Mashunaland, Matabeleland, and Transvaal

Africa, East—game laws and destruction of game by settlers, 140; Sir A. Pease on lion hunting in, 192; F. C. Selous' hunting trips, 248 et seq., 272 et seq., 279; Mr. T. Roosevelt's trip, 267 et seq. Campaign against the Germans, 301, 305 et seq.; Selous' experiences, 305, 316, 328, 340, 342; Mr. Roosevelt's views, 325; Capt. Haines' account, 346

"African Nature Notes and Reminiscences," 91, 184, 193, 261; chapters on protective colouring, 262 et seq.; literary merit, 364

Ai-eetsee-upee, 121

Alpuina, Senhor Alfredo, 172

America, North—Selous' hunting trips, 228 et seq., 245, 251 et seq., 257

American Museum of Natural History—T. Roosevelt's collection, 267

Anderson, C. J., 65, 66

Andrada, Col. d', 179

Antelope, lechwe—movements and habits, 95

Antelope, pookoo, 91

Antelope, roan, 148

Antelope, sable, 73, 91, 94; defensive powers, 156

Antelope, sitatunga, 124

Arctic and Antarctic expeditions—public support contrasted with support accorded to African and Asiatic expeditions, 194

Armstrong, Mr. W. L., 180, 183

Arnoldi, Major, 320

Arnot, Mr., 141, 159

Asia Minor—Selous' hunting trips, 207; bird-nesting trips, 227, 247, 259

Babian, 217

"Badminton Library"—"The Lion in South Africa," 184, 189

Baillie, Mrs. Alexander, 125

Baines, Thomas, 66

Baker, Sir Samuel, 103, 265

Balamoya, a Kafir, 85, 89

Baldwin, William Charles, 65, 67, 223; "African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi," 65

Banks, Mr. George, 156, 200

Barber, Mrs. Frederick, 125

Barotsi, 107;—Selous' troubles among during 1888, 160, 166

Barttelot, Major, 134

Batauwani, 198

Batongas, 113; Selous' troubles among, during expedition of 1888, 159, 167

Beal, Col., 217

Bechuanas, 68, 198

Becker, Ferdinand, 241

Beho-Beho ridge, engagement on the, 343

"Beigh, Lowden": see Leigh, Mr. Boughton

Belton—F. C. Selous' school days at, 25 et seq.

Bentley and Son, Richard, 138

Bettencourt, Capt., 182

Bezedenhuits, the, 200

Biles, H., 75

Birds—F. C. Selous' early bird-nesting exploits, 17, 26, 34 et seq., 37, 53; his contributions to Rugby Natural History Society, 54; his later bird-nesting activities, 227, 245, 247, 249, 257, 259, 286, 288, 299; trip to Iceland, 288 et seq.

Bisset, Capt., 214

Blackstone, Mr., 35 et seq.

Boers, 74, 126, 130; aggression against Zulus, 126 Transvaal War (1881), 136 et seq. Transvaal War (1899-1901), 233 et seq.; F. C. Selous' attitude, 233 et seq.

Boer officer's tribute to Mr. Selous, 179

Bosnia, 257

Botletlie river, 121

Bottomly, Sergt.-Major, 312

Bournabat, 207

Braddon, Miss, 12

Bramwell, Baron, 6

Brand, Capt., 213

British South Africa Company—occupation of Mashunaland, 174 et seq.; Selous' services with, 176, 186, 196; mismanagement of cattle question, 198, 208; first Matabele rising, 198 et seq.; second rising, 209 et seq.; Mr. Millais' criticisms, 219

British Ornithologists' Club, 367

British Ornithologists' Union, 227, 367

Brocklehurst, Sir Philip, 247, 248, 250, 279, 358, 368

Brocklehurst, Capt. Courtenay, 358

Brown, Alec, 370

Bruce, the Abyssinian explorer, 4, 10

Bruces of Clackmannan, the, 3

Bruce School, Tottenham, 12, 13

Bryden, Mr. H. A., 189

Buffaloes—dangers of hunting, 77, 102 et seq.; Selous' experiences, 92, 102, 105, 284; McLeod's escape on the Nata, 110; instances of tenacity of life and viciousness, 110 et seq.; speed, 112

Bukoba, British attack on, 305, 327

Bulawayo, 135, 209, 212; defence during second Matabele rising, 212

Burlace, Mr., 258-9, 221

Burchell, 65

Barnett, Mr., 172

Bushbuck, Angas's, 222

Butler, Mr., 276

Butler, Sir William, 234

Butterflies, 59, 142

Buxton, Edward North, 265, 269 et seq., 374

Campbell, Lieut., 181

Canyemba, chief of Shakundas, 113

Canada—F. C. Selous' hunting trips, 245, 251, 257

Cardinal, Louis, 252

Caribou, 228 et seq., 245, 251, 255, 257

Carrington, Gen. Sir Frederick, 212, 217

Cetawayo, 126, 131; Zulu war (of 1878), 126; Gen. Sir E. Hutton's account of his capture, 127; F. C. Selous' reminiscences, 128

Chameluga, 199

Chamois hunting in the Tyrol, 60

Chanler, Willie, 226

Channel Islands, 286

Chapman, Mr. Abel, 249, 279, 285, 295, 297, 300, 340, 368

Charley (native interpreter), 159, 161 et seq., 168

Chartered Coy.: see British South Africa Coy.

Chawner, Sergeant, 156, 200

Chelmsford, Lord, 127

Cheetahs, 265

Chobe river, 92, 105, 107

Churchill, Lord Randolph, 185

Cigar, the Hottentot, 74, 78

Civilization—T. Roosevelt's views on softening influences of urban developments, 243

Clarkson, Mr., 115, 118; F. C. Selous' tribute, 123

Clary, Comte Justinien, 273

Coghlan, Charles, 257

Coillard, Mr. and Mrs., 170

Colchester family, the, 57

Colchester, Miss—reminiscences of F. C. Selous' life at Wiesbaden, 57

Colchester, Mr. Charles, 58 et seq.

Colchester, Edward, 153

Colenbrander, Col. Johan—biographical note, 212; organises native regiment for defence of Bulawayo, 212

Colenso, Miss—"History of the Zulu War," 126

Collison, H. C., 123, 133, 155, 370

Colonists and pioneers—Roosevelt's views, 243

Coloration, protective, 261 et seq.

Colquhoun, Mr. A. R., 178, 180

Congress of Field Sports (Vienna), Second, 273

Coombe Abbey—F. C. Selous raids heronry at, 37, 53

Cooper, Mr. Frank, 157

Cormack, 255

Coryndon, Mr., 155

Courtney, Mr, W. L., 237

Craven, Lord, 53

Crawford, George, 245

Cricket—F. C. Selous' love of, 358

Crocodiles, 143

Crook, Dr., 133

Cross, Mr., 115, 118

Cumming, Roualeyn Gordon, 65, 67

Cuninghame, 103, 267 et seq.

Cunliffe, Gen., 342

Curtis, Col., 190

Cycling—F. C. Selous' energy, 359

Danford, Consul, 205, 233, 369

Daniel (Hottentot waggon driver), 159

Darnell, Rev. Charles, 13, 25, 29

Dartnell, Lieut., 320

Dawson, Mr. James, 155

Deer—Selous' hunting trips to North America, 228 et seq., 245, 251 et seq., 257 (see also Antelopes, Reindeer, etc.)

Delagoa Bay—Selous' trip in 1896, 223

Delamere, Lord, 192

Delmar, Monsieur, 18 et seq.

Dett valley, 84, 90

Donovan, Capt., 200

Dorehill, 68, 96-7, 99, 107, 146

Driscoll, Col., 300 et seq.; on East African campaign, 338; on F. C. Selous, 345

Drummond, 103, 223, 226

Dunn, John, 127 et seq.

Durnford, Col.—"History of the Zulu War," 126

Durand, Ethel, 133

Eagleson, Mr., 211

Edgelow, Dr., 186

Egerton of Tatton, Lord, 368

Egerton, Hon. Maurice, 368

Elani, a Somali, 284

Elands, 147

Elands, Giant, 275

Elephants—F. C. Selous asks Lobengula's permission to hunt in Matabele country, 73; Finaughty's experiences, 76; Selous' early experiences, 78 et seq., 94 et seq.; his observations on hunting in hot weather, 95; dangers of hunting discussed, 102; Selous' trips to Zambesi: disappointed at their disappearance, 107, 113; native drives, 107 et seq.; Quabeet (Mr. Wood's servant) killed by, 116; Selous' successful hunting on the Hanyane river, 115 et seq.; his narrow escape from a cow elephant, 117; narrow escapes in 1884, 155; Selous kills his last, 186; his finest, 186

Elstob, Mr., 73

Emin Pasha relief expedition, 133

Essexvale, 208 et seq.

Evans, Lance-Corpl., 349

Evans, Pte., 349

Fairlie, W., 107

Fashoda incident, 362

Ferreira, 181

Fife, Duke of, 373

Finaughty, William, 75, 76, 102; Mr. Harrison's recollections, 76

Flight, Dr. Walter, 53

Football at Rugby, 31

Forbes, Major, 179

Forman, Antony, 142

Foster, Mr., 211

Fountaine, Mr. A. C., 157

Franco-German War (1870)—F. C. Selous on German barbarities, 60, 62

Francis, Mr. C. K., 53

French, Mr., 122; death of, 124, 364

Frere, Sir Bartle, 138

Freyer, Mr., 279

Galton, Sir Francis, 65, 66

Gambo (Lobengula's son-in-law), 202

Garden, Lieut., 91

Geange, Joseph, 255

Gemsbuck, 120, 121

Gerard, Jules, 103, 189

Germany—T. Roosevelt's letters to Selous on the war, 324, 327

Giffard, J., 75

Gifford, Col. the Hon. Maurice, 213

Giraffes, 69, 91, 121

Goats, wild, 207

Gonyi, falls of, 170

Goold-Adams, Col., 201 et seq.

Goulden, Mr., 115, 118

Graham, Bob, 229, 232

Grant, Mr., 148

Grandy, Lieut. (R.N.), 99 et seq.

Greenhill-Gardyne, Col., 237

Grey, Capt., 213

Grey, Sir Edward, 273, 276

Grey, George, 280

Grimsey, Island of, 292

Griqualand—F. C Selous' first trading trip, 68

Grootboom, John, 216

Guest, Major, 303 et seq.

Guns and rifles, 67, 68, 87, 354

Gwai river, 79

Haines, Capt. R. M.—account of Selous' life in East African campaign, 346

Hanyane river—successful elephant hunting trip (1878), 116

Hargraves, Lieut., 309

Harris, Capt. Cornwallis, 65

Harrison, Mr. G. L.—recollections of Mr. Finaughty, 76

Hartebeest, Liechtenstein's, 113, 147, 155

Hartley, the elephant hunter, 75

Heany, Mr. Maurice, 208

Helm, Mr., 208

Heyman, Capt., 181

Highland sport, 206

Hill, Mr. Berkeley, 12, 29

Hill, Clifford, 190, 191

Hill, Harold D., 190, 191

Hippopotami, 136; Lobengula's dispute with Selous over killing of, 151

Hodges, Mrs. (Florence Selous; "Locky"), 12, 56

Hofmeyr, Jan, 235

Höhnel, Von, 226

Holgate, Mr. William, 10

Holgate of York, Archbp., 11

Honey-buzzards, 58

Horner, Mr., 99 et seq., 107

Hoskins, Major-Gen. A. R., 342

Hounds, wild, 265

Howley, Mr., 255

Hoyos, the three Counts, 369

"Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, A"—extracts, 69, 79, 84, 92, 95 et seq., 99, 105, 108 et seq., 117, 122; publication, 139

Hutton, Gen. Sir Edward—account of capture of Cetawayo, 127

Hyenas—F. C. Selous on their cries, 71

Iceland—F. C. Selous' bird-nesting trip, 288

Impali river, 148

Indian troops—conduct in East African campaign, 321

Inxnozan, 213

Jacobs, Petrus, 75, 190

Jackson, Sir Frederick, 103

Jackson, Mr., 210, 213

Jameson, Mr. J. A., 133, 157

Jameson, Mr. James Sligo, 133, 136, 153; biographical sketch, 133

Jameson, Dr. L. S., 176, 201-2

Jameson Raid, 210, 372

Jenner, Corpl., 308

Jennings family, 75

Jersey, Selous' visit to, 286

Johnson, Mr. Frank, 172

Jollie, Mrs. Ethel Colquhoun—on settlers' prospects in Rhodesia, 221

Jones, Mrs. C. A. (Sybil Selous; "Dei"), 12

Jones, Mrs. R. F. (Ann Selous), 5, 12; notes on early life of Selous family, 5 et seq.; illustrates "A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa," 138; on F. C. Selous' character, 361

Juckes, Mrs. Frank—incident of F. C. Selous' school days, 13

Judd, William, 77, 103, 190, 267 et seq., 282, 324, 365

Kennedy, J., 14 et seq., 31

Keppel, a forester, 58

Kerr, Walter Montague, 152

Khama, chief, 120 et seq., 144, 198

Kilimanjaro, operations round, 331 et seq.

Kingsley, Mr., 107

Kirk, the explorer, 160

Kitchener, Col., 309

Kitchener, Lord, 301

Kitchener, Mr., 39, 53

Knight, Sergt., 349

Knoch, Herr, 57

Koodoos, 177

Konze: see Hartebeest (Liechtenstein's), 113

Kraut, Major, 341

Labouchere, Mr., 185, 218, 221

Laer, 141, 145, 148 et seq.

Lagden, Sir Godfrey, 132

Lamb, Mr. P. H., 348-9

Lang, Mr. Arthur, 67

Lanyon, Sir Owen, 132, 138

Lange, Friedrich de, 142

Leask, Mr. Thomas, 75, 143, 153, 370

Legge, Capt. the Hon. Gerald, 324

Legion of Frontiersmen, 300 et seq.

Leigh, Mr. Boughton ("Lowden Beigh")—F. C. Selous poaches on his estate, 41 et seq.

Leitch, Major, 314

Leopards, 103, 146, 147, 208

"Leroux, John"—F. C. Selous' account of early adventures contributed to boys' magazine under pseudonym of, 13 et seq., 30 et seq.

Lettow-Vorbeck, Col. von, 340 et seq., 350

Leveson ("The Old Shikari"), 226

Lewanika, 158, 169, 170, 369

Liechtenstein, Prince Henry, 362

Lions—F. C. Selous' first encounter with, 73; Piet Jacobs and, 75; Finaughty's view of dangers of hunting, 77; Selous shoots his first lion, 96; Selous' encounter on Ramokwebani river with an old male lion, 99; adventure at Pelatse, 101; dangers of hunting discussed, 102 et seq.; Selous kills a lioness near Gwenia, 119; exploits during Kalahari trip (1879), 121 et seq.; encounter on the Notwani river, 143; in Mashunaland, 144; Laer's exploit, 149; Selous kills his third largest specimen, 149; adventure on return from Umliwan's kraal, 183; number shot by Selous, 184; kills his last, 186; Selous' position as a lion hunter, 189; leading hunters, 190 et seq.; custom of awarding lion to one drawing first blood, 192 et seq.; Selous greatest authority on, 193 et seq.; T. Roosevelt's success in East Africa, 268; Selous' experiences in East Africa, 273, 282 et seq.; Judd's account of adventure in Gwas N'yiro bush, 282

Livingstone, David, 29, 51, 57, 66, 75, 150, 160, 195

Lobengula, King of the Matabele, 55, 73, 79, 107, 115, 132, 154, 172; incidents with Selous, 55, 73, 79, 151, 175; and opening up of Mashunaland, 175; Matabele rising and flight, 197-204; and "Umlimo," 211

Loch, Sir Henry, 175, 180

Loch Buie, 206

"Locky": see Hodges, Mrs.

"Lowden Beigh": see Leigh, Mr. Boughton

Lyell, Mr. Denis, 348

MacColl, Scotch keeper, 206

Macfarlane, Capt., 214

Maclaine of Lochbuie, the, 206

MacMillan, Mr. W. N., 271, 279, 326, 346, 368

MacMillan river—F. C. Selous' hunting trips on, 251 et seq., 257

Maddy, Miss Gladys: see Selous, Mrs. Frederick Courtenay

Mainwaring, Capt., 217

Makori-kori, 173

Ma-kwayki, 151

Mamele, chief of the Barotsi, 124

Manica—fighting between British and Portuguese, 180 et seq.

Mandy, Frank, 69, 141

Manyami region, 147, 157

Mapondera, chief of Makori-kori, 173

Marchand, Col., 362

Marancinyan, a Barotsi chief, 166

Marter, Major, 127

Mashukulumbwe—Selous attracted by country of, 120, 131; experiences in 1888; details of attack on his camp and his escape, 160 et seq.

Mashunaland—Selous' hunting expedition in 1882-3, 144; Selous obtains mineral concessions from Mapondera and statement disowning Portuguese rule, 173; British occupation, 173 et seq.; construction of the road, 176 et seq.; Selous arranges treaties with native chiefs, 179; progress in opening up, 184; Matabele rising (1893), 197 et seq.; second rising, 209-18; Selous' views as to future of the country, 218; extract from report of Mashunaland Agency (1917), 219

Mashuna tribe—almost destroyed by Matabele, 199

Massi-Kessi, 181

Matabeleland—elephant hunting, 73 et seq., 144, 157; concessions to British South Africa Coy., 175; rising of 1893, 197 et seq.; Selous returns to manage land and gold company at Essexvale, 208; second rising, 209 et seq.; Selous' views as to future, 218

Mashunaland, occupation of: see Mashunaland

Matzchie, 262

Maxwell, Mrs., 12

Maziwa, chief, 172

Mazoe river—gold-prospecting expedition, 172

McKinley, President, 241

McLeod of McLeod, 107; account of Sepopo's elephant drives, 107; escape from a buffalo on the Nata, 110; on native common sense, 129

Meinertzhagen, Col. R.—notes on East African campaign, 304, 306, 309, 325, 350

Mellis, Capt., 190

Mendonca, chief of Shakundas, 113

Mendose, a Kafir, 83

Miles, Lieut., 312

Millais, Capt. G. de C., 323

Miller, Mr., 107, 120, 124, 125, 136

Minenga, a Batonga chief, 161

Minyama, 73, 111

Missionaries—F. C. Selous and, 372

Mitchell, Mr., 200

Moncrieff, W., 229

Monzi, a Batonga chief, 160, 166

Moose, 228 et seq., 245, 252, 255, 257-8

Morley, Mr. John, 239

Morier, Lieut., 181

Morkel, Mr. A. R.—tribute to Selous, 196

Morris, 141

Motoko, chief, 179, 180

Mouflon, 207, 248

Mount Darwin, 173

Mucklow, Private, 314

Mule-deer, 229, 232

Mull, Isle of—seal and otter hunting, 206

Mundy, Corpl., 202

Mwemba, chief of the Batongas, 113, 159

Mzilikatse, 76

Napier, Col., 217

Natives—Selous on arm-chair critics of colonists, 101; reasoning powers and common sense, 129; obeisance before Lewanika in front of strangers, 170; and tunnels, 369

Nelson, Lord, 7

Neros, the, 115

Neuchâtel—the Institution Roulet, 55

Neumann, Mr. Arthur, 102; biographical note, 260; Selous on, 259

Newfoundland—F. C. Selous' hunting trips, 245, 255

Niekerk, Capt. van, 213, 214

Niemand, Berns, 143

Noble, Mr. Heatley, 289, 316, 368; notes of trip to Iceland with F. C. Selous, 289

Normandy—F. C. Selous' visit; correspondence with T. Roosevelt, 286

Northey, Gen., 341

Norway—hunting in, 233; F. C. Selous' trip, 260

Nottman, Scotch keeper, 206

Nuta, a Kafir, 85 et seq.

Nyala, 222 et seq.

Nyemyezi, 202

Oberlander, Phil, 276

Osgood, Prof., 251, 253

Oswell, William Cotton, 65, 66

Otter hunting, 206

Owen, Mr., 112 et seq.

Page, Gertrude, 220

Paget, Col., 190

Paul (a Zulu), 159, 161 et seq., 168

Pease, Sir Alfred, 191, 193, 268 et seq.; 355; notes on hunting and hunters, 191; and President Roosevelt's trip to E. Africa, 268 et seq.; on Selous, 355

Pennefather, Col., 178

Percival, Mr. A. B., 190

Phillips, Mr. G. A., 370

Pike, Mr. Warburton, 274

Pilton Range manor house—bird-nesting at, 34

Plumer, Sir Herbert, 217

Pond, Major, 197

Portuguese—claims to Mashunaland, 173; fighting in Manica, 180-3

Poulton, Prof., 262, 264

Protective coloration, 261 et seq.

Quabeet (Mr. Wood's Kafir servant)—killed by an elephant, 116

Radclyffe, Capt. C. E., 367

Rainey, Paul, 192

Ramaqueban river, 73

Red deer, long-faced, 207

Reed-rat, 170

Regent's Park ice disaster (1867), 45

Reindeer—hunting trip in Norway, 260

Rhine—F. C. Selous swims river to retrieve wild duck, 57

Rhinoceroses, 103

Rhinoceroses, white, 154

Rhodes, Cecil, 174-5, 195, 217, 241; and the occupation of Mashunaland, 174 et seq.; Selous' tribute, 174; Lobengula and, 175; his exploitation of Selous, 195; T. Roosevelt and, 241

Rhodesia—Rhodes' tribute to Selous, 196 See also: Mashunaland; Selous' views on its future, 218; Author on colonists' difficulties, 219

Rider Haggard, Mr. H., 236

Rinderpest, 183, 209, 213

Rochhart, Herr, 59

Rooyen, Cornelis van, 156

Roosevelt, Theodore—correspondence with Selous: on family ties and the wandering instinct, 225 et seq.; on Selous' hunting trip in America, 230; ranching, 231; on America and Hungary as deer-hunting countries, 233; on the Boer War, 240 et seq.; on Selous' "African Nature Notes and Reminiscences," 261, 264; reply to Selous on the attempt on his (Roosevelt's) life, 265; on his own hunting trip to East Africa, 267 et seq.; on Selous' misgivings as to his age and African hunting, 279; on Normandy and Normans, 286; on Germany and the war, 324; tribute to Selous, 373 East African hunting tour, 267 et seq.

Roosevelt, Kermit, 267, 280 et seq., 325, 327

Rothschild, Lord, 275

Royal Fusiliers, 25th, 304, 306 et seq., 342-3

Royal Geographical Society, 158, 173, 194

Rugby School—F. C. Selous' career at, 29 et seq.; football at, 31; "house-washing," 32; his poaching and bird-nesting exploits, 34 et seq.; Canon Wilson's reminiscences, 50 et seq.; F. C. Selous lectures at, 297

Rungius, Carl, 251, 253

Ruthven (Mr. Jameson's servant), 136

Sadlier, Mr., 68, 74

St. Hubert, Society of, 9

Salisbury, Lord, 173

Salzburg, 59

Sardinia—F. C. Selous' trip after mouflon, 248

Saunders, Robert, 245

Saunderson, Capt. and Mrs., 270

Schwarz, Piet, 75

Science—British official neglect of, 194

Seal hunting, 206

Secheli, 68-9

Sell, a colonist, 121, 125

Selous family—origins, 2

Selous, Mr. Angiolo, 3, 5, 6, 11

Selous, Ann: see Jones, Mrs. R. F.

Selous, Mr. Edmund, 3, 12; notes on parents and uncles, 3

Selous, Florence: see Hodges, Mrs.

Selous, Frederick Courtenay—origins of family, 1 et seq.; birth, 12; education and school days, 12-55; experiences at Bruce School, Tottenham, 12 et seq.; at Rev. C. Darnell's School, Belton, 25 et seq.; at Rugby, 29-55; incident with labourer at Pilton Range manor house, 35; raids heronry at Coombe Abbey, 37, 53; incident with Mr. Boughton Leigh's keeper, 41 et seq.; experience in Regent's Park ice disaster (1867), 45; Canon Wilson's reminiscences of him at Rugby, 50 et seq.; studies medicine on the Continent, 55 et seq.; at Institution Roulet, Neuchâtel, 55; at Wiesbaden, 56; swims Rhine to retrieve wild duck, 57; rescues Miss Colchester in ice accident, 57; incident with German forest keeper, 58; visits Salzburg in Austria, 59; visit to Vienna, 63; attends medical classes at University College Hospital (London), 64; influence of literature of big-game hunting, 65; first visit to Africa, 67 et seq.; visits Diamond Fields and Griqualand, 67-8; meets Mr. William Williams, 68; visits Secheli's kraals, 69; gunpowder mishap, 69; lost in the bush for four days and three nights, 69; first encounter with lions, 73; incident with Lobengula over request to hunt elephants, 73; first elephant-hunting experiences, 78 et seq., 94 et seq.; second incident with Lobengula, 79; narrow escape from an elephant, 84 et seq.; return to Bulawayo, 90; expedition to Zambesi and Chobe rivers, 91 et seq.; encounter with fierce buffalo cow, 92; shoots his first lion, 96; decides to return home, 98; returns to South Africa (1876), 99; hunting trips on Tati, Shashi, and Ramokwebani rivers, 99; encounter with old male lion, 99; meets George Westbeech, 101; adventure with lions at Pelatse, 101; views of relative danger of hunting different kinds of big game, 102 et seq.; escapes from buffaloes, 105 et seq., 108; trip to Zambesi (1877), 107; disappointment with his prospects, 112, 114; trip down the Zambesi with Mr. Owen, 112 et seq.; ill-health, 114; hunting trip in Mashuna country, 115 et seq.; meets Jan Viljoen, 115; successful elephant hunting on Hanyane river, 116 et seq.; narrow escape from cow elephant, 117; kills a lioness near Gwenia, 119; trip through the Kalahari (1879), 120 et seq.; attacked by low fever at Diamond Fields, 125; reminiscences of Cetawayo, 128; and the Zulu War, 130; hunting trip in Mashuna country, 133, 135; and the Transvaal War (1881), 136; returns to England, 137; arrives in South Africa, 141; treks northward, 141; encounter with lioness, 143; trip to Mashunaland and Matabeleland, 144; encounters with lions, 144, 149; dispute with Lobengula over killing of hippopotami, 151; depressed at state of finances, 152; successful elephant hunting, 155; trip to Mashunaland with J. A. Jameson, Fountaine, and Cooper, 157 et seq.; accidents, 157-8; trip beyond Zambesi, 158; trouble with Barongas, Barotsi, and Mashukulumbwe, 159-69; visit to Lewanika, 169; guides gold expedition to Mazoe river, 172; secures concessions from Mapondera, 173; stormy interview with Portuguese governor at Tete, 173; and the occupation of Mashunaland, 173 et seq.; Selous' road through Mashunaland, 174-81; guides pioneer expedition, 175 et seq.; visits Lobengula, 175; negotiates treaties with Mashuna chiefs, 179; conducts stores to British garrison at Manica during trouble with Portuguese, 181; encounter with lions near Umliwan's kraal, 183; terminates engagement with British South Africa Coy., 186; kills his finest lion, 186; his place as a lion hunter discussed, 189; his exploitation by Cecil Rhodes, 195; engagement to Miss Gladys Maddy, 197; part in the first Matabele rising, 197-204; wounded, 202; returns to England, 204; marriage and honeymoon, 205; purchases house at Worplesdon, 205; visit to Scotland, 206; visit to Asia Minor, 207; goes to Essexvale, Matabeleland, to manage estate, 208; work during second Matabele rising, 209 et seq.; escape from Matabele after horse had bolted, 214; criticised by Truth in connexion with Bulawayo Field Force, 221; trip to Delagoa Bay, 222; return to England, 224; visit to Asia Minor, 227; visit to Wyoming, 229; visits Wiesbaden and Hungary, 233; attitude towards Boer War, 233-245; bird-nesting trip to Hungary, 245; trips to Canada and Newfoundland, 245; trip to Asia Minor, 247; to Sardinia, 248; first trip to British East Africa, 248; trip to the Yukon, 251; third trip to Newfoundland, 255; visit to Bosnia, 257; second trip to Yukon territory, 257; bird-nesting trip to Asia Minor, 259; reindeer hunting in Norway, 260; advice to Mr. Roosevelt as to East African hunting trip, 267; trip to East Africa with W. N. MacMillan, 272; represents England at Congress of Field Sports, Vienna, 273; trip to Sudan after Giant Eland, 275; ill-health and operation, 279; second trip to East Africa with MacMillan, 279; incident with lion in Gwas N'yiro bush, 282; kills his last buffalo, 284; trip to Jersey and Normandy, 286; visit to Iceland with Heatley Noble, 289; lectures at Rugby, 297; anxiety to serve during the Great War, 299 et seq.; serves as special constable at Pirbright, 301; service in East Africa, 304-50; experiences during attack on Bukoba, 305; invalided, undergoes operation in England, and returns to East Africa, 338; killed in action at Beho-Beho, 344; Capt. R. M. Haines' account of his life in East Africa, 346; grave, 349 Letters —to his mother: while at Rugby, 29; on his medical studies at Neuchâtel, 55; on butterfly catching at Salzburg, 59; on Franco-German War and German barbarities, 60, 62; expressing disappointment with prospects, 112-15, 152; death of Mr. Wood's servant Quabeet, 116; Zulu War, 130; occupation of Mashunaland, 174, 177, 179; engagement with Portuguese at Massi-Kessi, 181; development of Mashunaland, 184; —to his sister "Locky": on his future career, 56; —to his wife: on first Matabele rising, 201; East African campaign, 342; —to Abel Chapman, 249, 285, 295, 296, 300, 340; —to W. L. Courtney on Boer War, 237; —to J. G. Millais: on American hunting trip, 232; Boer War, 235; Newfoundland hunting trips, 247, 255; bird-nesting trips, 249; Yukon trips, 253, 258; A. Neumann, 259; East African trips, 272, 383; Vienna exhibition, 274; Sudanese trip, 275; East African campaign, 319, 328, 331; —to Mrs. Millais: on his prospects of acceptance for war service, 303; —to Heatley Noble on East African campaign, 316; —to Sir A. Pease on Roosevelt's trip, 269; —to The Speaker on Boer War, 239; —to The Times: on the occupation of Mashunaland, 175; on the Boer War 234, 237 Appearance, 359 Bird-nesting activities: see Birds Character, 2, 352 Elephant hunting: see Elephants Family and home life, 224 et seq.; 368 Lion hunting: see Lions Literary preferences, 366 Modesty, 361 Observation, accuracy of, 52, 264 Poaching adventures, 26, 34, 37, 41, 58 Restlessness, spirit of, 365 Senses, acuteness of, 51 Shooting powers, 353, 356 Telling stories, capacity for, 360 Tributes, 196, 344-5, 348, 355, 373

Selous, Mrs. Frederick Courtenay (née Miss [Gladys] Maddy), 197; accompanies Selous to Essexvale, Matabeleland, 208; Y.M.C.A. work at Havre, 304

Selous, Mr. Frederick Lokes (father to F. C. Selous), 3; note by Mr. Edmund Selous, 3; note by Mrs. R. F. Jones (daughter), 5; reminiscences, 7 et seq.

Selous, Mrs. Frederick Lokes (mother to F. C. Selous), 3; note by Mr. Edmund Selous, 3; note by Mrs. Jones (daughter), 10; death, 285

Selous, Captain Fred (son), 297, 323, 331, 336

Selous, Gideon, 2, 12

Selous, H. C. (uncle to F. C. Selous), 3, 5, 6, 7, 12

Selous, Harold (son), 298

Selous, Sybil: see Jones, Mrs. C. A.

Selous Road, 174-9

"Selous Syndicate," 174

Sepopo, chief of Barotsi, 101, 107, 130; elephant drives, 107

Shakundas, 113

Shamedza, 160

Shampondo, Batonga chief, 159

Shangans, 199

Sheldon, Mr. Charles, 252, 254, 263

Sheppard, Gen., 330, 334

Shepstone, Sir T., 137 et seq.

Sherborn, Ann: see Selous, Mrs. Frederick Lokes

Shimmin, Rev. Isaac—note on F. C. Selous, 369

Shikari Club, 367

Shiras, 263

Shoma, a Batonga chief, 167

Sikabenga, a Barotsi chief, 160, 166, 169, 199

Sinoia, caves of, 157

Situngweesa, 199

Sitanda, chief of Manicas, 113

Skinner, Peter, 69

Slatin Pasha, 362

Smart, Samuel, 255

Smuts, Gen. J., 328 et seq., 342; account of fighting at Beho-Beho, 344; on difficulties of E. African campaign, 350

Smyrna, 227, 247

"Snake-stone," 142

Somaliland—lion hunting, 192

South African Conciliation Committee—F. C. Selous' letter to, 237 et seq.

Speaker, The—F. C. Selous' letter on the Boer War, 239

Spiritualism, 153, 370

Spreckley, Col., 218

Staden, Roelef van, 200, 237

Stanier, Sir Beville, 247

Stanley, H. M., 133

Steele, General Sir Thomas, 66

"Stempel, Dr.", 34, 43

Stewart, Gen., 309, 334

Stigand, Capt., 103, 263-4

Stirling, Major, 249

Stockley, Cynthia, 220

Stonham, Col., 239

Stroud, a guide, 245

Sudan—F. C. Selous' trip after giant elands, 275

"Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia," 217, 221 et seq., 224

Suni, Livingstone's, 223

Swartz, Martinus, 122

Swartz, Paul, 192

Swazis—boundary dispute with Zulus, 126

Swythamley, 247, 248, 279

Tarlton, Mr., 103, 325

Taveta, engagement near, 330

Taylor, Pte., 349

Tchangani river—Lobengula's forces defeated (1893), 202

Tea—F. C. Selous' preference for, 294, 347, 352

Tennant, H. J., 301 et seq.

Texel Island, 299

Thayer, 264

Thomas, Mr., a miner, 172

Thomas, David, 160

Thomas, Reuben, 67

Thomas, Roderick, 257

Thornton, Lieut. Edward—account of death of Captain Fred Selous, 297

Tighe, Gen., 304

Times, The—Selous' letters to: on the occupation of Mashunaland, 175; on the Boer War (1899-1901), 234, 237 History of the War quoted, 342 et seq.

Tippu-Tib, 134

"Tombe Abbey "—F. C. Selous raids heronry at, 37, 53

Transvaal—Boer agression against Zulus, 126; Boer War (1881), 136 et seq.; Boer War (1899-1901), 234 et seq.

"Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa," 146, 150 et seq., 164, 166 et seq., 183, 222

Trimen, Mr., 142

Tritton, Mr. Claude, 271

Truth—attacks on the Chartered Company, 221

Tweedie, Capt., 278

Tyrrel, Mr., 253

Ubandini, the Swazi king, 129

Umbilini, a Swazi chieftain, 127

"Umlimo," or god of the Makalakas, 210

Umlugula, a Matabele chief, 210

Umsheti, 217

Umtasa, chief of Manica, 178

United States—official support of science, 194 et seq.; Selous' lecturing tour cancelled, 197; hunting trips, 228 et seq.; campaigns against Mexico compared to Boer War by T. Roosevelt, 242; and the Great War, 325 Ranching—T. Roosevelt's letter to F. C. Selous, 231

Usher, Mr., 210

Vanderbyl, Capt., P. B., 260, 367

Van Deventer, Gen., 332, 334, 336

Vardon, the hunter, 66

Vienna, 63; second international congress of field sports, 273

Viljoen, Jan, 74, 75, 115, 118

Wahle, Gen., 341

Wallace, Mr. H. F., 262, 355

Wankie, 96

Wapiti, 228 et seq., 232

War, the Great, 299 et seq.; T. Roosevelt's views, 324

Ward, Herbert, 135

Ward, Mr. Rowland, 222

Wart-hogs, 147

Watmough, Mr. W., 348

Webb, Major, 309, 312 et seq.

Wells, John, 246

Westbeech, George, 101, 159, 166

Weyand, Karl, 148

White, Capt., 312

White, Mr. Montague, 241

Whittall, Sir William, 205, 369

Wiesbaden, 56, 233

Wilson, Major, 203

Wilson, Mr. J. M. (afterwards Canon Wilson), 29; reminiscences of F. C. Selous at Rugby, 50 et seq.

Williams, Mr., 273

Williams, Capt., 321

Williams, Bryan, 277

Williams, Mr. William, 68

Williams, Sir Ralph—tribute to F. C. Selous, 55

Windley, Capt., 214

Wingate, Sir F., 276

Wissels, Mr., 223

Wolf, the Artist, 66

Wolseley, Sir Garnet, 127, 129, 138

Wolverton, Lord, 190

Wolves, 258

Wood, George, 75, 79, 90 et seq., 110, 112, 115, 118

Worplesdon, 60, 205

X, Col., 226

Yellowstone Park—P. Oberlander and the game wardens, 277

Yukon territory—F. C. Selous' hunting trips, 251 et seq.

Zambesi river—Selous' hunting trips, 107, 146, 169, 183

Zambesi, falls of, 91

Zulu War, 125 et seq.

Zumbo, 146

Zwecker, 67