Hunters Three

About this eBook

Author

Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896

Title

Hunters three: Sport and adventure in South Africa

Original Publication

United States: E. P. Dutton and Company,1895.

Credits

Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports

Subject

Hunting -- South Africa

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69162

Release Date

October 15, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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