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Index. 



Railways in the Transvaal, 49, 50, 



63, 73, 80, 328-9. 

 Rains, heavy, 145, 177, 237-8, 300 ; 



scarcity of, 136. 

 Ramatlabaiia, 126, 325. 

 Ramoutsa, 325. 



Randt gold-field, the, 71, 72, 74. 

 liayner, Surgeon Hugh, 4, 126, 144, 



ISH, 203, 265 8, 298, 324. 

 Reptiles, see Snakes. 

 Reserve for Natives in Bechiiaua- 



land, 51. 

 Rhinoceros, 294. 

 Rhodes, Mr. Cecil, 2, 22-4, 95-7 ; 200, 



288, 293-7, 305, 325-7; and the 



De Beers Co., 38. 

 Rhodes's Drift, 105, 107. 

 Rifle, the nev? magazine, 112-5. 

 Roads, in the Transvaal, 54, 63-4 ; 



between Fort Victoria and Fort 



Charter, 299, 300. 

 Robinson Gold Mine, the, 65-9. 

 Rolker, Mr. 209, 234-5, 242, 216, 



247, 253, 265, 287. 

 Romilly, Mr. Hugh, 191. 

 "Ruby," horse named, 186. 

 Rustemburg Goal, 88-91. 

 Rylands and Fry, Messrs., 173, 176. 



Salary of members of Dutch Parlia- 

 ment, 87. 



Salisbury, Lord, 28. 



Salisbury Gold Miue, the, 70. 



Sandpits, 127. 



Sanitary Board at Jolianuesbnrg, 

 61-2. 



Sapte, Major, 103-4. 



b'aroe River, 258. 



Saur, Dr., 132-134. 



Search room at Kimberley diamond 

 mines, 45. 



Seeker, Mr., 322. 



Selous, Mr., the hunter, 18, 207. 



Semalali River, 137. 



Sequana, 128. 



Servants, our native, 194-5, 247-8. 



Shave by a Hindoo barber, 134. 



Sheep in the Transvaal, 51 ; sheep 

 scab, 51. 



ShepBtone, Sir T., 23. 



Shippard, Sir Sydney, 52. 



Shooting in South Africa, 212-8. 



Silika, 132. 



" Simmer and Jack " gold mine, 70. 



Simon, Dr., 69, 70. 



Simon's Bay, defence of, 29, 30. 



Sinclair, Mr., 127. 



Sitwell, Captain, 316. 



" SkofiF," 132, 134. 



Slater, Mr., 284, 289. 



Smitsdorp, 99. 



Snakes, 213; a cobx-a, 227; scor- 

 pions, 275 ; a puff adder, 324. 



Soil, in the Transvaal, 80-81; of 

 Pretoria, 83 ; of Mashonaland, 

 198-9, 238, 276-7; at Fort Salis- 

 bury, 206 ; at Hartley Hill, 263. 



South Africa for invalids, 15, 16; 

 trekking in, 311-2 ; for emigrant, 

 330. 



" South Africa," a number of. 128-9. 



South African Republic, 22, 24. 



Speculation in gold mines, 281. 



"Spider," the, travelling by, 100, 

 105, 176-8, 182. 



Sport on the Karroo plain, 36 ; in 

 the Transvaal, 75-8 ; v?ith Sir F. 

 Carrington, 142-4 ; on the veldt, 

 147-152 ; see also Zooloiji/, &c. 



Sjjringbok, 36, 75. 76, 78. 



Stanhope, Mr. (Secretary of State 

 for War), 30, 31; and the new 

 magazine rifle, 112-115. 



Stickfast, a genuine African, 221-2, 

 257. 



Stock Exchange, London, and Johan- 

 nesburg gold mines, 59. 



Suchi River, 135. 



Sugar Loaf Mountain, 179, 180. 



"Susanna" reef, Mazoe valley, 

 295-6. 



Swallows, 10. 



Swaziland, government of, 27 ; the 

 Boers and, 92-4, 110. 



Table Bay, 15 ; defences of, 29. 

 Table Mountain and Bay, 15, 17. 

 Tagus Kiver, 6, 7. 

 Tatagora River, 239. 

 Taxation in the Transvaal, 61-2. 

 Tati gold-fields, 49, 50. 

 Taxes in Fort Salisbury, 292. 

 Telegraph wire at Macloutsie, 136 ; 



to Fort Victoria, 145, 305-6 ; at 



Fort Salisbury, 291. 

 Telephones fixed in the De Beers 



Mine, 48. 

 Temperature at Fort Tuli, 124 ; at 



night, 126 ; at Hartley Hill, 264, 



26S. 

 Terra Santa, Island of, 7. 

 Theft of diamonds at Kinib(>rley, 



44-7. 

 Thief, a notorious diamond, 46-7. 

 Thorns, 130. 

 Ticks, dogs and, 102. 



