Xll CONTENTS. 



tide of Commerce.— Ostrich Parasols.— The Bird's destructive Pro- 

 pensities. — Habits. — Resembles Quadrupeds. — Domestication. — 

 The Chase. — Snares. — Ingenious Device. — Enemies of the 

 Ostrich Page 247 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Sudden Floods. — John Allen's Sufferings. — Hans and the Author en- 

 ter into Partnership. — Young Grass injurious to Cattle. — Depart 

 from Walfisch Bay. — Attractive Scenery. — Troops of Lions. — Ex- 

 traordinary Proceedings of Kites. — Flight of Butterflies. — Attach- 

 ment of Animals to one another. — Arrival at Richterfeldt ; at Bar- 

 men. — Hans's narrow Escape. — Self-possession. — Heavy Rains. — 

 Runaway Ox ; he tosses the Author. — Depart from Barmen. — Dif- 

 ficulty of crossing Rivers. — Encounter great numbers of Oryxes. 264 



CHAPTER XXII. 



The Oryx ; more than one Species. — Where found. — Probably known 

 in Europe previous to the discovery of the Passage round the Cape 

 of Good Hope. — Description of the Oryx. — Gregarious. — Speed. — ' 

 Food. — Water not necessary to its existence. — W^ill face the Lion. 

 — Formidable Horns. — Their Use. — Flesh. — The Chase of this 

 Animal 272 



CHAPTER XXin. 



Arrival at Eikhams. — Native Dogs ; cruelly treated. — Jonker Afrika- 

 ner. — The Author visits the Red Nation ; the bad Repute of tliese 

 People. — The Author attacked by Ophthalmia. — The embrj'o Lo- 

 cust. — The "flying" Locust; its Devastations. — The Locust-bird. 

 — Arrival at Rehoboth ; the Place described 277 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Return to Eikhams. — Ugly Fall. — Splendid Landscape. — Jonker's De- 

 linquencies. — How to manage the Natives. — The Ondara. — It kills a 

 Man. — How his Comrade revenges him. — Medical Properties of the 

 Ondara. — The Cockatrice. — The Cobra di Capella. — The Pufi'-ad- 

 (ler. — The Spitting Snake. — The Black Snake. — Few Deaths caused 

 by Snakes. — Antidotes for Snake-bites. — Return to Rehoboth.. 287 



CHAPTER XXV. 



The Author's Tent takes Fire. — He loses every thing but his Papers. 

 — He is laid on a bed of Sickness. — Want of Medicine, &c. — Re- 

 flections. — Whole Villages infected with Fever. — Abundance of 



