xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 

 PHASES OF NATURE AROUND PRETORIA. 



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Natural aspects in the dry winter season. Orthoptera and Coleoptera. 

 Commencement of the rainy season. Protective resemblance in 

 butterflies. Vegetable tanning-products. Survival of spined and 

 hard-wooded trees in the struggle for existence with herbivorous 

 fauna. Baboons. Bad roads. A Boer farm. Grass-fires. Dust- 

 storm. Vast quantities of beetles under stones. Bad weather and 

 heavy losses in live stock. Appearance of winged Termites. 

 Swollen streams and their dangers. Accidental dangers in animal 

 life. Birds of Prey 38 



CHAPTER IV. 

 PHASES OF NATURE AROUND PRETORIA (continued). 



Geological features. Dendritic markings. The highlands and the sea. 

 Heavy rains and floods. A protected butterfly and its enemy. 

 Mimicry. Cicadas. Species found both in England and the 

 Transvaal. The Secretary-bird, Vultures. Locust-swarm. The 

 Paauw and other Bustards. The Monitor. Partridges. Evolu- 

 tion and struggle for existence 58 



CHAPTER V. 

 THROUGH WATERBERG. 



Scarcity of timber in the Transvaal. Leave Pretoria for Waterberg. 

 Waterless region of the Flats. The Warm Baths. Beautiful 

 scenery. Euphorbias and their poisonous qualities. Fever dis- 

 tricts. The Massacre at Makapan's Poort. Sanguinary retribution 

 at Makapan's Cave. A fine orthopterous insect. The Prospector. 

 Reptiles. Ravages of the " Australian Bug." Majuba day. 

 Mimicking insects 77 



