List of Illustrations 



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A Locust Swarm 



ZWART MODDER SHOWING THE DRY BED OF THE 



Molopo (Fig. i). 

 A Desert Scene (Fig. 2) 

 Night on a Sand-Dune (Fig. 1) 

 A Building Boom (Fig. 2) . 

 Map of Gordonia 

 The Dry Farmer's Guide (Fig. 1) 

 The Eye of Kuruman (Fig. 2) 

 A Wind-Break (Fig. 1) 

 Dry-Land Products (Fig. 2) 

 A Mission Home (Fig. 1) 

 A Settler's Home (Fig. 2) . 

 The Kakamas Irrigation Canal 

 The Kalahari Bean . 

 A Rainless Wheat . 

 Dry-Farming in Bechuanaland (Fig. 1) 

 A Scientist with a Record Beat (Fig. 2 

 David Livingstone 



Moffat's House at Kuruman (Fig. 1) 

 Mission Institute at Kuruman (Fig. 2) 

 Soil Examination (Fig. 1) . 

 Selecting the Site of a Dry-Land Experiment 



Station (Fig. 2). 

 A Famous Dry-Farming Region (Fig. 1) 

 Boring for Water (Fig. 2) 

 Map showing the Steady Advance of Settlers 



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