vni CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



Hans Larsen. — His Exploits.— He joins the Expedition. — How people 

 travel on Ox-back. — Rhinoceros Hunt. — Death of the Beast. — 

 "Look before you Leap." — Anecdote proving the Truth of the Prov- 

 erb. — Hans and the Lion. — The Doctor in Difficulties. — Sufferings 

 on the Naarip Plain. — Arrival at Scheppmansdorf Page 68 



CHAPTER VI. 



Return to Scheppmansdorf. — Training Oxen Tor the Yoke. — Sporting. 

 — The Flamingo. — The Butcher-bird : curious Superstition regard- 

 ing it. — Preparing for Journey. — Servants described 76 



CHAPTER Vn. 



Departure from Scheppmansdorf. — Cattle refractory at starting. — 

 Tineas. — Always travel by Night. — Rhinoceros Hunt. — The Au- 

 thor in danger of a second Sun-stroke. — Reach Onanis. — A Tribe 

 of Hill-Damaras settled there. — Singular Manner in which these 

 People smoke. — Effects of the Weed. — The Euphoi'bia Candela- 

 brum. — Remarkable Properties of this vegetable Poison. — Guinea- 

 fowl : the best Manner of shooting them. — Meet a troop of Gi- 

 raffes. — Tjobis Fountain again. — Attacked by Lions. — Providential 

 Escape. — Arrival at Richterfeldt 83 



CHAPTER Vni. 



A hearty Welcome. — ^We remove the Encampment. — An Apparition. 

 — Audacity of wild Beasts. — Depriving Lions of their Prey. — Ex- 

 cessive Heat, — Singular effects of great Heat. — Depart for Bai-men. 

 — Meet a troop of Zebras. — Their flesh not equal to Venison. — The 

 Missionary's Wall. — A sad Catastrophe. — The " Kameel-Doom." — 

 Buxton Fountain. — The Scorpion. — Arrival at Barmen 9.'> 



CHAPTER JX. 



Barmen. — Thunder-storm in the Tropics. — ^A Man killed by Light- 

 ning. — Warm Spring. — Mr. Hahn : his Missionary Labor ; Seed 

 sown in exceeding stony Ground. — The Lake Omanbonde. — Mr. 

 Galton's Mission of Peace. — The Author meets a Lion by the way ; 

 the Beast bolts. — Singular Chase of a Gnoo. — " Killing two Birds 

 with one Stone." — A Lion Hunt. — The Author escapes Death by a 

 jNIiracle. — Consequences of shooting on a Sunday 106 



