iv. Chapters. 



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XVII. Boer Voortrekkers and Commandoes 94 



XIX. Commandoes and Civil Wars 102 



XX. British & other European Pioneers 



and Visitors to the Transvaal - 112 



XXL Early Farming Ventures and 



Struggles 115 



XXII. Native Wars and Unrest - 121 



XXIII. Discovery of Diamond Fields- 



Early Kimberley Days 130 



XXIV. Gold Discoveries at Lydenburg - 137 

 XXV. First Sekukuni War, and fall of 



President Burgers 141 



XXVI. Annexation of the Transvaal 148 



XXVII. Zulu War of 1878-79 154 



XXVIII. Travels in Europe, 1880 160 



XXIX. Return to South Africa and First 



Boer War 163 



XXX. The Retrocession 174 



XXXI. A General Survey and Summary 



of Events 178 



XXXII. Discovery of the Witwatersrand 



Gold Fields 191 



XXXIII. Afterword and Last Years - 203 



