Boundless Dominions ”—An awkward squad—Trade of Shoshong
—Dread of Matabeli—Giraffe bunting—War preparations—
Khama’s wife—Little Kanyemba—A queer medicine chest—A
worthless land—-Irrigation impossible—The Shashi river—
Matabeli-land........................................................................... 17-39
CHAPTER III.
i n l o - b e n g u l a ’s c o t j n t e y .
The Tati Gold Pields—Dinner with the Jesuit fathers—A reckless
traveller—The mines and their working—First appearance of
Korana John—Game gradually disappearing—A disastrous flash
of lightning—Among the Matabeli—Symptoms of horse-sickness
■—Lost in the veldt—A shot at a pauw—Unexpected aid—
Return to the waggons—“ Lo-ben is friendly ”—An escort sent
•—Matabeli gardens—Scene at Magubuduani—Approaching
Buluwayo—The “New Valhalla”—The country full of fever—
An improvised hospital—Poor Whitaker !—The King in his
kraal—Reception by Lo-ben—The Queens of the Matabeli—In
the royal harem—Meeting a Yorkshireman—Interior of a queen’s
hut—Beef and beer with a vengeance !■§“ The King can do no
wrong ”—“ Go well, Son of the Sea ”—Poetical expressions of the
Matabeli—Description of Buluwayo—Inxwala, the great dance—
Royal bloodshed—Matabeli morality—Selous attacked by fever—
The Comte de Lapanose—Farewell to Selous—Lo-ben’s origin—
The King explains the country’s customs—His final permission
—Description of my party—A bad start—“ Why, man, he’s
drunk ! ”—Breakdown of the cart—Start with waggon and oxen
-—John’s penitence—Shiloh—Massacre of Captain Paterson’s
party—An apostle of work—Inyati mission station—Last outpost
of the London Missionary Society—Kind friends—Farewell to
the last white m a n .....................................................................40-7 6
CHAPTER IV.
THE “ BIG GAME ” COUNTRY.
Stocking the larder—My “ C. L. K.” rifle—A zebra hunt—“ Gijima,
gijima ! ’’—Hollow bullets—An unpleasant ducking—The mountains
between the Zambesi, Sabia and Limpopo—Difficulty in
lion hunting—Humours of ox-driving—The Sepaque river—-Out
of the track—Clearing under difficulties—Elephant spoor—
Fruitless pursuit—Umvuli river—A catalogue of miseries—Story
of Windvogel’s victim—John and the wolf—Lion incidents—A
dangerous ford-—An elephant hunt—The honey-bird’s note of
warning — Thrilling moments—A good day’s work—Kaffir
gluttony—Game and honey—Selous’ deserted camp of 1883—
Taroman missing. . . . . . . , 77-95
CHAPTER V.
INTO MASHONA-LAND.
Food supplies—John’s concertina—Stirring dreams—Protection at
night—John has an eye to the future—We leave Taroman behind—
His revenge—The prairie on fire—A close escape—
Matabeli raids—Sudden appearance of Mashona hunters—
Chibero’s—Description of a Mashona stronghold—Matabeli war
tactics—Desolating results—Advantages of silence—Chibero is
stubborn—The carrier difficulty—Stupid advice—Little Unyam-
wenda—One of Nature’s dungeons—Native trading—Recruiting
volunteers—“ Villum” or Chirumutu—Writing unknown—
Harassing bargains—“ I melt de fat of de olifant, Master ”—
That exasperating fellow Taroman—Harte-beest hunting—
Mashona mode of hunting—Netting game—General appearance
of the Mashona—Mashona girls—Weapons—The assegai—A
persecuted race—Diet—Cattle—A dilatory start—The waggon
abandoned—“ Tussa, tussa ! ”—Baggage for the journey—The
body-guard—Taroman incensed—Helplessness of the whites
among the blacks—The company start on foot for the north 96-124
CHAPT ER VI..
MASHONA-LAND.
A funny ceremony—Working on superstition—Hypocritical Taroman
—An immense prairie fire—Meditations on the journey—Cold
dews—The slumbering camp—Unyamwenda, the chief—A
tough-skinned fellow—Desertions—Bundles of wisdom—Old
Sebaii appears—The charred plain—The Zururu river—John’s
success in hunting—Gorging the crowd—Furious quarrels over
meat—The best way to manage natives—Sterile rocks of
Mashona-land—Making a skerm—Mashona music—Karemba’s
repute as a performer—Native dancing—Pleasure in primitive
life—“ Ah, master, I never see people like here ! ”—Craving for
limbo and beads—The Umvukwe and Rusaka mountains—
Etsatse river—A troublesome goat—Curious hut—Prospecting
for ■ gold—Mashona, ablutions—Honest natives—Unexpected
appearance , of Mchesa, the Vulcan of Mashona-land—Pursued by
grass fires—Blacksmithing in the wildernesses—A primitive