Hathorn, Mr. F. A., 20, 149, 204 undertakes the duties of executor after Mr. Oates’s death, 270 Hawk-moth, Death’s-head, 353 Hawk-moths, Silver-striped, 354 Head-dresses, native, variety of, 56 _Hebenstreitia_, sp., 368 Helmet-shrike, South African, 314 _Helopidæ_, 362 _Heliocantharus intricatus_, 359 _operosus_, 359 _transversus_, 359 Hemipode, Kurrichaine, 323 Hendrik, native servant, 31, 34, 142 Hepburn, Mr., 21, 149 Heron, Black-headed Dwarf, 326 Black-throated, 326 Buff-backed, 327 Purple, 326 Red-bellied, 327 Sturm’s, 326 _Herodius intermedia_, 326 Herpetology, by Albert Günther, M.A., Ph.D., M.D., F.R.S., 329 _Hesperiidæ_, 352 Hex River, 14 High Veldt, the, 7–9, 12, 40 _Hirundinidæ_, 311 _Hirundo cucullata_, 312 _puella_, 311 _Hirundo rustica_, 312 _semirufa_, 312 _Histeridæ_, 361 Holfontein, 14 Honey-guide, White-eared, 305 Hoopoe, South African, 304 Hope Fountain, 61, 62, 66, 86 _Hoplopterus speciosus_, 325 Horn, Mr., 208 Hornbill, African Grey, 304 nest of a, 131 note of the, 24 Yellow-billed, 304 Horse-sickness, 40, 48, 236–238 Horses, “salted,” value of, 40, 48, 89, 187, 191 Hottentot skulls, 277, 280, _note_ “Hottentotten-Schurze,” the, not confined to African races, 288 Hyænas, ox attacked by, 35 _Hypanis Ilithyia_, 350 _Hyphantornis capensis_, 318 _mariquensis_, 319 _nigrifrons_, 319 _ocularis_, 318 _olivaceus_, 318 _Hypoestes Forskahlii_, 368 _verticillaris_, 368 _Hypomeles rugosus_, 362 _Hypoxis villosa_, 368 _Idmais Eris_, 337 _Vesta_, 337 Impakwe River, 44, 45, 131, 132, 217 Inchlangin, 68 _Indicator Sparmanni_, 305 _Indicatoridæ_, 305 Induna, a rebellious, 209 Indunas’ Tree, the, 83 Inhlala, wild fruit, 90 Inkwesi River, 45, 129–131, 143, 185, 208 Inquinquesi River, 68 Intembin, 73 Inyati, 64, 68, 70, 72, 85 _Irrisor erythrorhynchus_, 304 _Ismene Pisistratus_, 352 _Iynx pectoralis_, 306 Jacana, Lesser African, 324 Jacob, 107–113, 142 Jacobs, Piet, 136, 140, 231, 263–268 his house at Tati, 200 _Jana Mariana_, 358 _Jasminum_, sp., 367 John, native interpreter, 65, 118, 153, 181, 188 _Junonia Clelia_, 349 _Cloantha_, 349 _Hecate_, 349 _natalica_, 349 _Octavia_, 349 _Œnone_, 349 _Orithya_, 349 Kafir Plum, 131 Kafirs, Mr. Oates threatened by, 166 various traits of, 13, 125, 156, 164, 165, 218, 221 Kalmuck music, 290, _note_ Kama, 155 Kamani, 155 Kennedy, Stoffel, 188–197, 207–211, 226–242 Kestrel, Eastern Red-footed, 299 Lesser, 299 South African, 299