Chapter I · Character, Appearance, Etc.--Some Stories of Him

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

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From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

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From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

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From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

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From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

something done (usually as opposed to something said)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

how long something has existed

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

experiencing a sudden sense of danger

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

riding a bicycle

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

terminate

From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

the people of Great Britain

From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called “reindeer” in Eurasia and “caribou” in North America

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

-ing form of “chase” — go after with the intent to catch

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a pass between mountain peaks

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

lack of self-confidence

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

plural of “elephant” — five-toed pachyderm

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

distinguish oneself

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the quality of being suitable

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a powerful effect or influence

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

an ornamental facade

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “gift” — something acquired without compensation

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

someone who hunts game

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

(often followed by “to”) having a preference, disposition, or tendency

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

freedom from control or influence of another or others

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

the highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high

From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “lion” — large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a singer of folk songs

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called “elk” in Europe and “moose” in North America

From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

a radioactive transuranic element

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

impressive in appearance

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

longing for something past

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “pea” — seed of a pea plant used for food

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

lasting three seasons or more

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in success. (Sự kiên trì, bền bỉ không bỏ cuộc.)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a relatively flat highland

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

concerned with actual use or practice

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “preference” — a strong liking

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

necessary for relief or supply

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “requirement” — required activity

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “rifle” — a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304 A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320 FARU!

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

plural of “shot” — the act of firing a projectile

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

term of address for a man

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272 BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288 MT.

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the season of growth

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

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From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 336 THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368 THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

in the direction of

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

characterized by hard work and perseverance

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

migratory

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading Untiring energy as a hunter--His modest requirements--Rifles--A story of his practical nature--Sir Alfred Pease on Selous as a hunter and naturalist--The average of shots required in various lands--Selous as a hunter--His love of the shot-gun--Perseverance to excel--The Brocklehursts--A lover of cricket--Bicycling--The triumph of physical fitness--His personal magnetism--Memory--Powers as a story-teller--Diffidence--Inclined to melancholy--The spring of perennial youth--The force of heredity--Slatin Pasha's estimation of Col. Marchand--Selous' opinion of Marchand--Powers of speech--His independence of thought and action--Literary gifts--Kindness of heart--Hatred of crowds--The perpetual call of the wild--Home-sickness--The nostalgia of travel--A great reader--His preferences in literature--Personal friends--Hospitality at home--Lewanika's fears--His attitude towards religion--Roosevelt on Selous--Selous' great influence as a pioneer--A noble life and a fitting end 352 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS AT THE AGE OF 59 _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE THE PLAINS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1871 64 SELOUS AS A YOUNG MAN, IN HUNTING COSTUME 80 ELEPHANTS 112 BUFFALOES ALARMED 144 ON THE MASHUNA PLATEAU 176 THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG 192 LIONS CHASING A KOODOO BULL 224 THE WANDERING MINSTREL 240 OSBORN'S CARIBOU 256 MT.