viii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER Y. 



FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



PAGE 



Holly joins us On the Look-out for a Coaster Our Plans Altered We 

 Purchase a Wagon A Visit to Eondebosch and Constantia A Private 

 Garden South African Pick-me-up not to be recommended Adieu to 

 Cape Town We reach Port Elizabeth A Funny Lot of Visitors The 

 Poundmaster exposed Port Elizabeth The Florence East London 

 Its Dangerous Roadstead First Sight of Game Arrival at Port Durban 

 Its Bar A Day Lost in Sight of Land Preparing for our Journey 

 Port Durban The Upper and Middle Classes The "Smart" Men 

 of Durban A Splendid Ride The Best Drivers in the World . . 34 



CHAPTER VI. 



MR. PREFER, OF PREFER'S HOTEL. 



A Week of Laughter Mine Host An Oddity His Peculiar Way of trans- 

 acting Business Prefer' s Nationality "All mine, all mine" Pound 

 your Cattle Various Purchases of Live Stock I ride on to Howick A 

 Fearful Storm Summit House Howick Its Loveliness No Wagon 

 A Chapter of Accidents Holly dismissed Zeiderberg's Team Reach 

 Howick at last Catch a Cropper almost 46 



CHAPTER VII. 



SAULTED HORSES YOKE-OXEN MY ATTENDANTS. 



Horse-sickness Where found Season of the Epidemic Its Racial Effects 

 Symptoms Value of Saulted Horses Death of a Horse from this 

 Disease Suggested Remedies Lung-sickness Proposed Cures Lead- 

 ing Oxen Hints for the Proper Care of Oxen Dental Surgeon, pro tern. 

 I extract the Wrong Tooth Difficulties about my Attendants Sus- 

 picious Cattle-dealers Their Little Game Caution to Travellers How 

 Missionaries get on Umganey Jim Imp The Interpreter's Speech 

 A Secret Benefactor 56 



CHAPTER VIII. 



BREAKS-DOWN ON THE ROAD. 



Treck-tow Smashed Treachery For Hire Reinforcements On the Move 

 at Last Another Delay On the Road again A Long Three-miles Ride 

 Difficulties of Getting to the Game Hints Sunday Peace Mine 

 Host A Canny Scot Mr. Currie comes to Terms Our New Boy 

 Everything going right now The Driver's Villainy I give him a 

 Thrashing Skimmel-pin Broken The Wagon seemingly a Wreck 

 Vexation of Spirit Morris starts to Buy a New Skimmel-pin Un- 

 loading the Wagon Boers to the Rescue A Diplomatic Palaver Coffee 

 and Rum The Boers' Family Love More Soupje Help Purchased 

 Out of Trouble . 65 



