VI PREFACE. 



he has done so, if I am not much mistaken, they 

 will give little further trouble. 



It is impossible in this narrative to state the 

 correct names of stations and rivers, for the in- 

 habitants change them with the accession to office 

 of every new chief. 



The positions of my camps, hunting grounds, 

 and gold-fields are only approximately correct, for I 

 had no instruments to enable me to lay down 

 exactly their latitude and longitude. 



The reminiscences added at the termination of 

 my journey " Through Gasa Land, and the scene of 

 the Portuguese Aggression " are experiences which 

 I think will give the reader a fair idea of the life of a 

 hunter, and the people that dwell upon the western 

 side of Matabele Land, familiarly designated as the 

 "Hight Veldt." 



Parker Gillmore (" Ubique "). 



" Land and Water," 



58, Pall Mall, S.W. 



