The Conquest of the Desert 



to illustrate the "Missionary Travels and Re- 

 searches of the Rev. Dr Livingstone, between 

 the years 1849 and 1856," prepared by John 

 Arrowsmith, 1857, and published by Mr John 

 Murray, London, in 1875. But since that time 

 the name King George's Cataract has dis- 

 appeared, and in its place we find the word 

 Aughrabies (Auku-rubies or rabies) or Great 

 Falls, which is probably a Koranna name for 

 the place or the waterfall which has since been 

 added. 



In the map attached to " Travels in the 

 Interior of South Africa, 1849-1864," by James 

 Chapman, F.R.G.S., and published in 1868, the 

 name " Aukurubies " (waterfall) takes the place 

 of " King George's Cataract." In a volume 

 entitled " Through the Kalahari Desert," by 

 G. H. Farini, published in 1886, a map is given 

 in which these falls are described as " The 

 Hundred Falls." I have consulted the volumes 

 and maps of the early explorers in this region, 

 such as M. le Vaillant, Burchell, Lichtenstein, 

 Sparrman, Kolben, Campbell, Moffat, and I 

 find, beyond all doubt, that the Great Falls on 

 the Orange River were discovered by George 

 Thompson and named by him " King George's 

 Cataract " ; and that the other names, both 



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