Chapter XV: Character, Appearance, Etc.--Some Stories of Him

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. KENIA FROM THE SOUTH 272
BULL MOOSE ABOUT TO LIE DOWN 288
MT. KILIMANJARO FROM THE NORTH 304
A SHOT ON THE PLAINS, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 320
FARU! FARU! 336
THEY CANNOT BREAK HIS SLEEP 368

THE LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS, D.S.O.