X Contents. 



Koodoos, quaggas, and lioney birds — Lee's boy nick- 

 named "The Baboon"— The elephant fruit-tree- 

 Lee a charming companion on the Veldt — The 

 Umsajbetsi liiver — Habits of oiir oxen and mules — 

 Shooting game in South Africa — -A native market — 

 An unsuccessful antelope hunt — The mahogany tree — 

 Further hunting experiences — Camp on the Bubjanc 

 River — Our conductor Myberg . . . .142 



CHAPTER XL 



LIOXS. 



Lion Camp — The tales of a Huntsman — The snake-tree — 

 In the track of the koodoos — We come across a posse 

 of Lions — Antelopes and quaggas — Return to camp 

 for the dogs — Result of one day's sport — We spend 

 another day hunting — Provisions running short . Lj6 



CHAPTER XII. 



PiFFICULTIES OF TRAVEL OX THE VELDT. 



Tlie wealth of Mashonaland — We make a speedy trek and 

 overtake our waggons — Further losses by horse sick- 

 ness — Stuck fast in Wanetse River — The Sugar Loaf 

 and other miniature mountains — -A pestilential spot 

 on the Lundi River banks — A word of Avarning — 

 Viandt, the Boer ostrich hunter — We reach Fern 

 Spruit — ])eath of my shooting pony '^ Charlie " — A 

 veldt fire — A day of discomfort and disaster — Provi- 

 dence Gorge — Description of Fort Victoria — Gieat 

 loss of horses — Advice to intending emigrants . '.175 



CHAPTER XIII. 



CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN FORTS VICTORIA AXIJ 

 SALISBURY. 



Departure for -Fort Salisbury — Our native workmen — 

 Water in the desert — A dreary journe}' — The country 

 between Fort Victoria and Fort Charter — Where is 

 the ' Promised Land ' ? — We meet ]Mr. Colquhoun — 

 The garrison of Fort Charter — From Fort Charter to 

 Fort Salisbury — Lions in the way — The Settlement 

 at Fort Salisbury — Signs of civilization — The gold 

 districts of Manica, Mazoe River, and Hartley Hill — 

 Reconnoitring after "ame . . . . .193 



