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 



