CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Determine to travel in Africa. — Motives for the Journey. — Preparations. 

 — Stock in Trade. — An Emigrant Sbi-p.- — -Arrival at Cape Town. 

 —Dangers of the Eoad. — Change of Route. — Determine to pro- 

 ceed by Walfisch Bay. — Necessary Outfit. — Prospects of the Route. 

 — Travelling Cortege. — Servants and Dogs. — Arrival at Walfisch 

 Bay. — The Natives. — Extraordinary Mirage. — The Kuisip River. 

 — Tobacco. — Ride-Oxen. — Disembarking. — Misadventure at 

 Starting. — Perils of the Desert. — The 'Nara. — The Mission at 

 Scheppmansdorf ......... 



CHAPTER II. 



Sand Fountain. — A Lesson to the Natives. — A Present. — News of a 

 lion. — Scheppmansdorf. — A narrow Escape. — A Missionary's 

 Establishment. — Native Huts. — Missions. — -A lion Hunt.- — 

 Preparations for the Road. — Native Trees. — The Hottentots. — - 

 Character of the Country. — Mode of breaking in an Ox. — Arrange- 

 ment of the Baggage. — A Prosperous Start. — The Swakop. — - 

 Night Bivouac. — Labours of the March.- — Loss of a Horse and a 

 Mule. — The Lions' Chase. — Attempt to avenge the Loss. — 

 Animal Food. — The Ghou Damup. — Erongo Mountain. — 

 Intense Heat. — • The Tsobis River. — Ride-Oxen. — Native 

 Servants. — Their Cape Town Life. — A Giraffe Hunt. — Change 

 of Country. — An Ostrich Egg. — -Approach to Otjimbingue. — - 

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