CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER I. 



Voyage to the Cape Discomforts of a long voyage The wolf turned lamb 

 Porpesses and Portuguese men-of-war The mate's story Catching a 

 shark An albatross hooked Cape Town Algoa Bay Ox- waggon 

 South- African travelling Obstinacy conquered Expeditious journeying 

 Frontier of the colony. Page 1 . 



CHAPTER II. 



Dutch and Kaffir words Frontier Kaffirs Kaffir women Kaffir soldiers 

 Cattle-stealing Bush-fighting Colonel Napier's opinion Equipment 

 of English soldiers A British soldier in the bush Kaffir manoeuvres 

 Corn-pits Treatment of Kaffir thieves The assagy and other weapons 

 Moral qualities of the Kaffirs Native marksmen Power of the 

 chiefs Religious opinions Hottentot soldiers. Page 18. 



CHAPTER III. 



Narrow escape Sandilli goes home Voyage to Natal My fellow- 

 passengers Tempting viands Property overboard Natal Bay The 

 " tick " Beauty of the vegetation Dolce far niente Cape horses 

 Points of a Cape horse Shooting-ponies Mode of journeying The 

 "sickness" Training a shooting-horse Endurance of Cape horses 

 A rough journey A stormy night Agreeable termination. Page 41. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Warnings against the bush Search after a leopard Unsteady hands 

 Methods of hunting elephants Speed of the elephant Bush-travelling 

 Traces of the elephants Solitude of the bush Tracking the herd 

 Charge of angry elephants The horses reached Search for the wounded 

 elephant The successful shot An unwitting escape. Page 75. 



