Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings

Chauncey Hugh Stigand (1877–1919) was a British army officer, colonial administrator and big game hunter. He was killed in action while attempting to suppress a rebellion of Aliab Dinka. Theodore Roosevelt wrote that "Captain Stigand is one of the most noted of

recent African big game hunters and explorers, and he is also a field naturalist of unusual powers. ... Captain Stigand has written a book which ought to appeal to every believer in vigor and hardihood, to every lover of wilderness adventure, and to every man who values at their proper worth the observations of an excellent field naturalist."



I. Elephant Hunting

II. Native Trackers

III. About Rhino

IV. More Elephant Hunting

V. Amongst the Madi

VI. About Buffalo

VII. African Rivers and Swamps

VIII. Contrasts and Changes in

IX. About Lion

X. Native Servants

XI. Elephant Hunting in the Lugware Country

XII. Elephant Hunting in the Lugware Country

XIII. The Happy Bantu

XIV. Curious Hunting Incidents

XV. Two Short Treks and Two African Chiefs

XVI. Odd Notes on Game and the Honey Guide

XVII. Tusks of Elephant and their Measurements

XVIII. Curious African Sayings and Ideas

XIX. Camp Hints

XX. Stalking the African

XXI. Hunting the Bongo

XXII. Odd Notes on African Insects

XXIII. Mimicry and Protective Colouration in Insects



This book published in 1913 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.