NOTE 



m i • 



The journeys to which the following chapters 



relate were undertaken in the Nineties by the 

 author when Special Magistrate for the Nor- 

 thern Border of the Cape Colony, — an office 

 of which he was the last incumbent, and which 

 has since lapsed. 



Port Elizabeth, 



South Africa, 

 June 19 14. 



