A 



NATURALIST 



IN 



THE TRANSVAAL 



BY 



jfj. 



W! L." DISTANT, 



MEMBER OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE, 



FELLOW OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF STOCKHOLM 

 AND OF THE BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



WITH COLOURED PLATES AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 



" Nature retains her veil, despite our clamours : 

 That which she doth not willingly display 

 Cannot be wrenched from her with levers, screws, and hammers." 



'Faust' (Bayard Taylor's Transl.). 





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LONDON: 



R. H. PORTER, 18 PRINCES STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, W. 



1892. 



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