Index. 



335 



Mines, see De Beers Co., RoUnson Co., 



Kimherley, &c. 

 Mines near Kimberlej, 57 ; in 



Johannesburg, 58-60, 65-75. 

 Mining in the Zoutspaabnrg 



district, 99, 100. 

 Mockell, Mr., 117. 

 Monkeys, 7; see also hahoons, chint- 



panzeet^. 

 Montgomery, Sergeant-Major, 289. 

 Morier, Mr. Victor, 103-5. 

 Morrison's store, 105. 

 Mountains, some miniature, 179-80. 

 Mount Marias mine, 99. 

 Mules, driving a team of, 53. 

 Mules, our, 143, 1.56, 176-7 ; habits of, 



148-9, 182, 191-2, 199, 203, 30:f, 



315, 317. 

 Murchison district, 99. 

 Myburgh. Mr., 117, 149, 157, 166-9, 



179, 182, 184. 



Natal, Government of, 26. 

 Native market, 153-4. 

 Native reserve iu Bechuanaland, 51. 

 Natives as servants, 194-5, 247-S. 

 Natural History Museum, Cape 



Town, 18, 19. 

 Nelmapius, Mr., 100. 

 Notorious diamond thief, a, 46-7. 

 Notwaui River, 325. 

 Nyistrom, 98. 



Orange Free State, 27. 

 Ornithology ~ 



Bittern, 77. 



Bustards, 36, 76, 225. 



Cranes, 76, 78. 



Doves, 101. 



Duck, 78, 127, 130. 



Eagle, 77. 



Guinea fowls, 101-2, 137, 139. 



Honey-bird, the, 147. 



Koran. 36, 55, 77, 78. 



Partridcres, 36, 55, 77, 78, 101. 



Pheasants, 101, 137, 138, 142, 

 144. 



Pigeons, 77. 



Plovers, 55, 77-8. 



Quails, 36, 77-8, 



Snipe, 77-8. 



Teal, 130. 



Vultures, 55, 75, 229. 



Wild fowl, 77. 



Wild turkey, 78, 239. 

 Ostriches, 183-1, 199, 2 IT,, 239, 259, 

 260. 



Outfit necessary for hunting expe- 

 dition, 216-7. 



Oxen, loss of, 63 ; our, at Tuli, 123 

 143, 146, 184, 230; habits of,' 

 148-9. 



Paarl, old town of French origin 

 33-4. ° ' 



Paddington Station, 1, 5. 

 Paddiugton man, a, 35. 

 Palapye, 312, 318-323. 

 Palla Camp, 129, 315, 323. 

 Palmitsfontein mine, the, 99. 

 Panouse, Count de la, 243. 

 Papenfu, Mr., 284. 

 Paris Exhibition, diamond exhibited 



at, 42. 

 Paritj, estate near, 76. 

 Pelajjswe, 136. 



Pennefather, Colonel, 104, 207. 

 Perkius, Mr. H. C. 4, 97, 209-10, 234 

 235, 238-247, 253, 265-7, 271, 274-5, 

 287, 298, 307, 327. 

 Personnel of Expedition, 116-121. 

 Pietersburg, 99-101. 

 Plains in Africa, see T'eldf. 

 Police, at Johanue.sburg, 60; at Fore 

 Salisbury, 290; the Bechuanaland 

 Border, 105-8, 124, 129, 136, 142, 

 144, 300 ; of the B.S. A.C. Co., 299, 

 303. 

 Politics in England, 2; in South 



Africa, 25-28. 

 Poll tax in the Transvaal, 62. 

 Pondolaud, 27. 

 Port Elizabeth, 19. 

 Portuguese, skirmish with, near 



]\rassi Kessi, 104-5, 110, 300. 

 Postal Communication in Mashona- 



land, 290. 

 Potchefstrom, 57. 

 Power of President Kruger, 87-8. 

 Preservation of deer, 76. 

 Pretoria, 82, 97, 328; taxation in, 

 61-2 ; Dutch Parliament at, 83-88. 

 Prospecting Mashonaland, 278. 

 Providence Gorge, 189. 

 Provisions required for a six months' 



hunting expedition, 217-8. 

 PuUen's " Winkel " in the Transvaal, 



55-6. 

 "Pulsator" machine, De Beers 



Mine, 42. 

 Puugwe River and route, 104-5, 201), 

 279, 294, 2^8. 



Qlaugas, 147, 150, 165-171, 214,218. 



