CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I 

 The Bushmanland Desert— Its Nature and Extent 



— Desert Travelling — The'Toa'. . . 17 



CHAPTER II 

 Andries Esterhuizen — Silverfontein — The Koe- 

 kerboom — Gamoep — Sand Grouse — Our 

 Horses — Kanxas — Night in the Desert — 

 Dawn — Heat — The Mirage— Bantom Berg — 

 The Dune Monster— The Flight of the Oxen 24 



CHAPTER III 

 The Search for Meat— Death of the Oryx— The 

 Flank of the Dune— Outwitting a Jackal — 

 Hendrick, my Guardian — Thirst — The Dis- 

 tant Rain — Typhon — The Southern Simoom 41 



CHAPTER IV 



A Walk in Darkness— Dreams of a Morning — 



The Scherm— The Slaying of the Ostrich . 58 



CHAPTER V 

 The Kanya— The Spell of the Desert— My Horse 

 — The Terror of Noon — Execution of a 

 Marauder 78 



CHAPTER VI 



Homeward Bound — Faces Around the Fire — The 

 Bushmen — Piet Noona and the Snake — The 

 Love of the Desert — My Prehistoric Uncle 

 and Aunt— Scruples— The Hunter's Instinct 97 



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