Rank | Change | Last | Player | Comments |
1 | + 3 | 4 | | Hurtful words from a visiting Adventurer spurred the Hyena community into action this month. Let it be known in the drawing rooms of London that telling a hyena that "in order for meat to taste naught like ashes it needs to be earned" is just plain foolish. Especially if one is escorting the Winchester Cathedral's School Choir on their annual tour through Africa. |
2 | - | NC
| | To be foiled by a scavenger was a great indignity for the King. Perhaps if it hadn't been for the intervention of the Angry Young Philosopher dear Lion would be number one? |
3 | + 5 | 8 | Free State Railway Company
| Strikes in the Cape Province have forced the FSRC to diversify towards Mozambique and the relaxed Portuguese. The local fauna still has not worked out what hit them, but when they do, expect fireworks. |
4 | - | NR | | If Charles Darwin ever needed a proof of the Theory of Evolution then standing the new Maxim Machine Gun next to the reliably honest but often poorly loaded Martini Henry gun would suffice. The day this foul beast arrived in Kenya for a "quick hunting trip before the real fun" is a day the residents of Arusha (animal, mineral and vegetable) will not soon forget. |
5 | + 1 | 6 | | After visiting Cape Town last month the herd swore off the delights of District 6 and decided to retreat to a more relaxed clime. Sadly for the young scholars of Stellenbosch when several ton of elephant meet the fleeing back of a divinity professor the tusks will have precedence! |
6 | + 3 | 9 | | Idle speculation on the true nature of this "zombie" caused several fatal fights on the docks in Dakar this month. Happily the cargo was still unloaded, albiet a little more bloody than usual. |
7 | - 4 | 3 | | The Great Scavenger Hunt is over for another year, and now the Mamba faces an inevitable decline. Well, perhaps not so inevitable with word on the street being that if one licks the back of a Mamba pirate gold will soon appear. If this rumour is true then perhaps the Mamba will soon be either very rich or number one? |
8 | - 3 | 5 | | The chill night vapours have claimed yet another trophy to hang on the wall. Happily researchers did discover that one can really starve a cold without actually dying of hunger. |
9 | - | NR | Angry Young Political Philosopher
 | Recently graduated from "one of Europe's finest universities" this angry young man has left a trail of despair and furrowed brows as he works his way down from German East Africa to the Cape trying to prove his theories on the state of nature. Even the mighty Lion was seen reduced to tears after a particularly unsatisfactory "thought exercise". |
10 | - 9
| 1 | | The stern, and in some cases hysterical, warnings of last month have evidentially had some effect, with churchs reporting a steep increase in the attendance at mass by the dissolute. |
11 | + 3 | 14 | | Little did we suspect that the Wild Date Palm possessed a malevolent life force, which hungered for human blood. Or at least so we suspect after three such 'trees' exploded during a recent parade in Dahomey. |
12 | + 5 | 17 | | Eating ants was last month's fashion. This month it is all about whistling. Funny how soon they all forget! |
13 | - 1 | 12 | | After a long discussion, the Ferryman's Union of Greater Africa has lowered all fares by one penny per passanger for the month of December. This has had an immediate result with only the Hippopotamus being the loser. That is, if said creature enjoys killing distracted river forders. |
14 | + 1 | 15 | | Fictional onstruct inspired by Selous he may well be, but the public like him more than that boorish oaf! Besides, being imaginary means never missing. |
15 | - | NC | | When will people learn not to sample the suspicious delights of this wicked sauce? |
16 | - | NR | | This creature has truly made its presence felt on the scene. Adventurers and tradesmen would do well to avoid Central Africa if they wish not to fall victim to this aspiring social climber. Now, will he have the moxy to climb above this rank next month? |
17 | - 4 | 13 | | This much respected hunter's last name sounds like louse, and therefore cannot possibly be a gentleman. Animals have begun to avoid his company for fear of catching a case of 'low class'. |
18 | - 12 | 6 | | Cape Peach Brandy brewed in the bath can be a delight on a warm summer's night. It can also blind and stun, as the Rhino found out after last month's tennis match in Cape Town. Just how long this groaning mass of horn and skin will thrash about wildly in Ma Roebuck's brothel and dance emporium remains to be seen. |
19 | - 6 | 13 | | She has been seen loitering arond the fair port of Algiers with an unsavoury French Colonel who speaks of war and progress. This bodes ill for Britannia's interest. |
20 | - | NC | | It turns out that the Prince was just revisiting old haunts (if you forgive the expression). An accident near the Great Bazaar between the Prince's chariot and a lonely donkey are all that keeps his royal highness in contention this month. What exactly happened we shall never know, for as the Prince says, "A gentleman never tells". |
