CHAPTER IV

1876-1878

Lands again at Algoa Bay--Reaches Matabeleland--Kills a fine lion--George Westbeech--Return to the Diamond Fields--Loses a fine lion--The comparative danger of hunting various wild animals--Views of experienced hunters--Adventures with buffaloes--Goes north to the Zambesi--Hunting in the Chobe delta--Sepopo's elephant drives--A charging buffalo--Selous' horse killed by a buffalo--Further adventures with buffaloes--Their speed and cunning--A depressing outlook--Visit to the Zambesi--Portuguese misrule--The Kafukwe country--An unhealthy region--Illness of Owen and Selous--Restored to health--Elephant hunting on the Hanyane river--Clarkson and Wood--The death of Quabeet--A vicious cow--Nearly crushed--Kills a lioness--Plans for the future 99