CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER XII. 



KARROO BEASTS, BIRDS AND REPTILES. PAGE 



Leopard drowned in well Baboons Egyptian sacred animals on 

 Cape farms " Adonis " A humiliating retreat A baby 

 baboon Clever tricks performed by baboons Adonis as a 

 Voorlooper A four-handed pointsman Sarah A baboon at 

 the Diamond Fields Adonis's shower-bath His love of 

 stimulants His revengeful disposition Pelops the dog-headed 

 Horus Aasvogds Goat-sucker The butcher-bird 's larder 

 Nest of the golden oriole The kapok-bird Snakes in 

 houses A puff-adder under a pillow Puff-adder most dan- 

 gerous of Cape snakes Cobras Schaap sticker Ugly house- 

 lizards Dassie-adder The dassie the coney of Scripture 

 Stung by a scorpion Fight between tarantula and centipede 

 Destructive ants The Aardvaark, or ant-bear Ignominious 

 flight of a sentry Ant-lion Walking-leaves The Hottentot 

 god A mantis at a picnic ... ... ... ... ... 237 



CHAPTER XIII. 



OUR NEIGHBOURS. 



Hospitality of Cape colonists Cheating and jealousy in business 

 Comfortless homes Spoilt children Education The 

 " Schoolmaster " Convent schools A priest-ridden nation 

 The Nachtmaal Old French names A South African duke 

 in Paris Fine-looking men Fat women Ignorance of 

 Vrouws Boers unfriendly to English A mean man 266 



CHAPTER XIV. 



GOOD-BYE. 



Recalled to England Regrets and farewells Cape horses lacking 

 in intelligence "Old Martin" A chapter of accidents A 

 horse " after Velasquez " The Spy's revenge Virtues and 

 faults of Cape horses Horse-sickness Good-bye to Swaylands 

 Kaffir crane The voyage home Dogs in durance St. 

 Helena A visit to Longwood Home again 277 



