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live appearances — Reefs in the Eiffel district — What 

 is to become of the country ? — Mr. Perkins and the 

 leopard ......... 2Go 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



LIFE AT FORT SALISBURY, 



Mineral Avealth of Mashonaland — Reefs in the ]\Iazoe 

 River Valley — The " Matchless " Mine — Good news 

 from Fort Victoria — A personal statement — Enter- 

 prise at Fort Salisbury — A model Ranche — Farms 

 leased by the Chartered Company — An interesting- 

 auction — Indignation meeting against the Chartered 

 Company — Horse-racing at Fort Salisbury — Organiz- 

 ing the administration of Mashonaland — Mr. Cecil 

 Rhodcs's views of the country ..... 1270 



CHAPTER XIX. 



0\ THE ROAU HOME. 



Second visit t(i the iiiines in theMazoe Valley — Good-l)ye 

 to Fort Salisbury — Bad roads — The officials of the 

 Chartered Company — Fort Victoria once more- 

 Climate and weather in Mashoiudand — Gold dis- 

 . coveries round Fort Victoria — My faithful savage 



y "Tiriki " — We telegraph home from Fort Victoria—' 

 Long's Mine — The Lundi River^ — Bad roads again — 

 Death of a " salted horse " — The journey to Fort 

 Tuli a record " trek " -Jdo 



CHAPTER XX. 



LOOKING BACK. 



Our method of travelling — Welcome and entertainment 

 l)y the Bechuanaland Border Police at Macloutsie — ■ 

 Palapye^ the capital town of Chief Khama — Lobengual, 

 King of the Matabele — Meditated flight of all his 

 tribe and belongings — The Bechuanaland Exploration 

 Com])any — Conversation with Khama, Paramount 

 Chief in the Protectorate — Palla Camp — The Journey 

 to Mafeking — With Mr. Rhodes at Kimberley — The 

 Agricultural and Mineral Resources of the Transvaal 

 — ]\ry advice to young Englishmen .... 313 



Index . . . . . . . . . .331 



