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, [25]th, [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]
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuation errors repaired and missing letters restored from the context.
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Hyphen added: "ant[-]hill" (p. 150), "Goold[-]Adams" (pp. 201, 203), "home[-]sick" (p. 13), "re[-]read" (p. 282), "re[-]visit" (p. 185), "school[-]days" (p. 17), "up[-]stream" (p. 246).
Hypen removed: "breech[-]loading" (p. 114), "farm[-]house" (p. 293).
The following alternate spellings are used and have not been changed: "Sode Gara" / "Sode-Garra" (pp. 121, 154), "Se-quoi-quoi" / "Se-whoi-whoi" (pp. 118, 154).
P. 31: "skins" changed to "shins" (kicking the shins).
P. 142: "Voortrekhers" changed to "Voortrekkers".
P. 154: duplicate word "time" deleted (but at the same time).
P. 177: "waggon" changed to "waggons" (simply abandon our waggons).
P. 226: "rhinocereses" changed to "rhinoceroses" (charged by black rhinoceroses).
P. 229: "tractless" changed to "trackless" (vast plains and trackless forests).
P. 253: "missfire" changed to "misfire" (owing to a misfire).
P. 262: "ex" changed to "Ex" (Ex-President Roosevelt).
P. 283: "Greyv's zebra" changed to "Grévy's zebra".
P. 323: "possiby" changed to "possibly" (Germans cannot now possibly win the war).
Footnote 76 (p. 323): Capt. Selous was killed on 4th January and not on 6th January according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
P. 343: "December" changed to "January" (An attack was made on the German positions by General Smuts on January 2nd) based upon the surrounding text.
P. 372: "criticsms" changed to "criticisms" (his criticisms applied only to those).
P. 381: Index entry "Mamia" changed to "Manica".
P. 386: Index entries "Stonham" and "Shoma" moved to correct place in alphabetical order.