CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



DEDICATION v 



PREFACE vii 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xv 



CHAPTER I. 

 TO PRETORIA. 



Sail for South Africa. Passengers illustrate evolutionary factors in the.. 

 formation of a Colony. Zoological observations at sea. Flying- 

 fish. Malays at Cape Town. South- African Museum. Port 

 Elizabeth. Different routes to the Transvaal. Durban. Railway 

 views between Durban and Newcastle. Coach-travelling and its 

 incidents. Majuba Hill and scenes of late Boer War. Extermi- 

 nation of the ruminant-fauna. Johannesburg after the boom. 

 Pretoria ; botanical features ; design of the town 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE BOER. 



Where are the Boers ? The Boer a farmer. Grass-fires and their 

 consequences. Habits of the farmer. Peculiar theology of the 

 Boer which governs his life and action. Boer relations to the 

 Kafirs. Violence of Church disputes. President Kriiger. Some 

 causes of the Boer War. The Boers as soldiers. Homely 

 life of the President ; his great influence with the Boers. 

 Many farmers now wealthy men. Physical characteristics of the 

 Boers ; their supposed dislike to the British ; their mistrust of the 

 Hollanders . . .20 



