PREFACE. vii 



some with sweet-scented blossoms, others with 

 fruit, and I knew which fruit was good to eat. 



By travellers, I may be considered presump- 

 tuous in attempting to write on South Africa, 

 when I never crossed the Vaal river or pene- 

 trated far into the interior ; but I must trust that 

 they will pardon my temerity. I was obliged, 

 from circumstances, to pursue the game nearer 

 my home, which required "more patient search 

 and vigil long," for the creatures had become 

 more wild or savage than those animals in the 

 interior that were seldom disturbed. 



From sketches and a rough journal compiled 

 on the spot, I have formed this book. 



