CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER VI. 

 ZOUTPANSBERG AND THE MAGWAMBAS. 



PAGE 



Start for the Spelonken in Zoutpansberg. Horse-sickness. Pietersburg. 

 A fine Convolvulus. A castellated residence in the Wilds. 

 Night in a wagon. Kafir traders. Kafirs on the tramp. Poly- 

 gamy. The Magwambas, their customs and institutions. An ox 

 feast and dance. The Makatese. The Mavendas and their iron- 

 work. Birds' food largely orthopterous. Good entomological spots. 

 Zoutpansberg with its natural riches still undeveloped .... 94 



CHAPTER VII. 

 A JOURNEY TO DURBAN. 



Acacia mollissima. Heavy cost on imports to the Transvaal. Johannes- 

 burg and its Hotels. Heidelberg. A Priest of Islam. Across 

 the Ingogo heights to Newcastle. Durban. Colonel Bowker. 

 Best collecting-grounds around Durban. Flowers, fruit, and insects. 

 Peculiarities in railway construction. Model Natal farms. 

 Insect-pests to gardens. Difficulties in coaching after heavy rains. 

 The store- and canteen-keeper of the veld 115 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE MEN OF PRETORIA. 



The inhabitants of Pretoria. Auriferous wealth alone the present cause 

 of Transvaal development. Uneducated condition of the Boers. 

 Liquor traffic with the Kafirs. The British colonist in the Trans- 

 vaal. The Hebrew in Pretoria. Commercial morality. The name 

 of Mr. Gladstone execrated in the Transvaal. The Kafir and his 

 value as a labourer. Sanitary condition of Pretoria. Vital statis- 

 tics. After-effects of the boom. Attachment of Colonists to their 

 adopted country 132 



