LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A MATABELE WARRIOR MAKING DISPARAGING REMARKS[Frontispiece]
SKETCH MAP[2]
BRITANNIA[7]
MAFEKING TO BULUWAYO[13]
GOING OUT FOR A FIGHT[39]
THE UMGUSA FIGHT: 6TH JUNE[55]
EIGHT TO ONE[58]
THE BITER BIT[61]
INUGU MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD[69]
SCOUT BURNHAM[71]
A CAPE BOY SENTRY[74]
SILENCING THE ORACLE[83]
SOLITARY SCOUTING[91]
THE VALUE OF SKIRT–DANCING[95]
THE STRONGHOLDS IN THE MATOPOS[103]
INUGU MOUNTAIN, A[103]
CHILILI VALLEY, B[104]
INYANDA’S, SIKOMBO’S, AND UMLUGULU’S POSITIONS, (LOOKING SOUTH)[104]
CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY A CAPE BOY[123]
“IMPEESA”[128]
PREPARING LUNCH[139]
A HUMAN SALT–CELLAR[142]
THE ATTACK ON BABYAN’S STRONGHOLD: 20TH JULY[153]
AMATEUR DOCTORING[157]
A MATABELE WARRIOR[176]
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WAR[180]
A CHANCE SHOT[185]
OUR FIELD TELEGRAPH[187]
COLONEL PLUMER AND STAFF[193]
MY BOY PREPARING BREAKFAST[197]
RUNNING AFTER A LADY[201]
THE BATTLE OF AUGUST 5TH[205]
AFTER THE FIGHT[211]
THE DEATH OF KERSHAW[215]
CAPE BOYS BARING THEIR FEET FOR THE ATTACK[218]
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE[221]
BRINGING AWAY THE DEAD[223]
THE OPERATING TENT[225]
SHELLING THE ENEMY OUT OF THE MATOPOS[241]
A COMFORTABLE CORNER ON AN UNCOMFORTABLE EVENING[246]
THE PEACE INDABA WITH THE MATOPO REBELS[251]
ROUTES TO MATABELELAND AND MASHONALAND[261]
OUR WORKING KIT[269]
GIANTS’ PLAYTHINGS[280]
COLD AND HUNGRY[291]
WARM AND COMFORTABLE[293]
NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS[300]
THE SHANGANI COLUMN[304]
FOLLOWING UP THE SPOOR[313]
THE HORSE GUARD[317]
“A MERCIFUL MAN,” ETC.[324]
FRESH HORSE–BEEF[328]
A NEW ENEMY[336]
ENTERING A CAVE STRONGHOLD[343]
“GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!”[346]
FRESH MEAT[354]
STROLLING HOME IN THE MORNING[356]
“HALT! WHO COMES THERE?”[357]
PARLEYING WITH REBELS[365]
NATIVE SURGERY[367]
WEDZA’S STRONGHOLD[370]
PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK[381]
7TH HUSSARS AT WEDZA’S[385]
WEDZA’S KRAAL[388]
“LITTLE MISS TUCKET SAT BY A BUCKET”[389]
TIRED OUT[394]
A SMELTING FURNACE[397]
ANCIENT RUINS[397]
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE[403]
A ROADSIDE INN IN MATABELELAND[406]
A CAVE STRONGHOLD[410]
OUR HORSES[415]
THE YOUNG IDEA LEARNING TO SHOOT[421]
A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL[426]
“DIAMOND”[432]
HEADQUARTERS’ MESS[433]
SPECIMEN OF OLD ROCK–PAINTING BY NATIVES IN MASHONALAND[436]
BLACK AND WHITE[441]
THE OPENING MEET OF THE SALISBURY HOUNDS (AFTER THE WAR)[445]
THE COUNTESS RESCUES HER SEWING MACHINE[452]
THE SPECIAL SERVICE MOUNTED INFANTRY[459]
A FORT[461]
A WAR–DANCE[465]
OUR NATIVE ALLIES[468]
MAORI B——E[484]
A ROADSIDE HOTEL IN MASHONALAND[487]
DOLCE FAR NIENTE[499]

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THE

MATABELE CAMPAIGN, 1896