PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 



Since the publication of the First Edition of A Breath from 

 the Veldt ^ South Africa has undergone many changes. Twice 

 have the savage hordes of the Matabele and Mashunas fought 

 against the incoming pioneers, and now we are involved in war 

 with the Boers, a contest which has been inevitable ever since 

 the disastrous peace of 1881. 



The outcome of this will, we trust, herald in the dawn of 

 another peace that shall be an abiding one. 



I have found it necessary to issue the Second Edition in a 

 more handy shape, and though the size of the volume has been 

 reduced the illustrations will be found in their original form. 



J. G. MILLAIS. 



Melwood, Horsham, 1899 , 



