CONTENTS. ix 



CHAPTER VII. 



ON THE ROAD TO MASHONALAND. 



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The Chartered Company's Station at Fort Tuli — Mining 

 in the Zoutspanburg District — The Progress of tlie 

 " Spider " — Our first cooking efforts — Hints for 

 sportsmen-/-8ixty miles without water4-A glimpse 

 of Fairyland — We meet Major Sapte and Mr. Victor 

 Morier — Meeting with Captain Laurie at Khodes's 

 Drift — The Bechuanaland Border Police— A "Boer 

 trek " — President Kruger's position — Sir Frederick 

 Carrington and the B.S.A.C. Co.'s police — Experi- 

 ment with the new magazine Rifle . . . .90 



CHAPTER VIII, 



THE EXPEDITION : ITS COMPOSITION AND EQUIPMENT, 



Major Giles — A fine collection of giants — Our rifles and 

 guns — Warning and advice to future travellers — 

 Composition of the Expedition — Major Giles's trek 

 from Vryburg to Tuli — The horse sickness in Africa 

 — A camp fire concert at Fort Tuli , . . ,110 



CHAPTER IX, 



THROUGH BUCHUANALAND, 



Cold nights in camp — The horse sickness — Visit from / 

 Kaffir women to our Mariko River camp — Outspan 

 on the banks of the Crocodile River — We cross the 

 Mahalopsie River — Dr. Saur and Mr. Williams — 

 Camp at Silika — Arrival at the Lotsani River— The 

 luxury of a shave — The Suchi River — Headquarters 

 of the Becliuanaland Police at Matlaputta — The 

 Macloutsie River — I lose myself near the Semalili 

 River while in quest of game — Catching up the 

 waggons ......... 



CHAPTER X. 



TREKKING AND HUNTING. 



We entertain Sir Frederick Carrington — Farewell to Furt 

 Tuli — The business of inspanning — Our camp at 

 night — Sport with Dr. Rayner and Lee — Laying the 

 telegraph wire — The L^mzingwani River Camp — 



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