CONTENTS. xiii 



Start for the distant Land of Elephants — The Hottentots make free 

 with my Brandy, and mutiny — Leopards — Kuruman — Mr. Moffat, 

 the good Missionary — Roasted Locusts Page 177 



CHAITEE XL 

 Motito — The Bechuana Tribes — The mysterious great inland Lake- 

 Blesbok and Wildebeest abundant — Park-like Country — Wp arrive 

 at the beautiful Vale, of Bakatla — Dr. Livingstone, the Missiouary — 

 Native Fashions at Church — Determine to push on to Bamangwato^ 

 The Natives follow me for Venison — Great Variety of Game — A dan- 

 gerous Fight with a Herd of Buffitloea, two of which are slain — A 

 Colony of Babot<ns — A Rhinoceros chases me round a Bush — Habits 

 of the Beast— A noble Eland killed — An impromptu Steak— Slay a 

 Rhinoceros, and lose my Way in the Forest 199 



CHAPTER XIL 

 My Hottentots object to advance fiirther into the Interior — A Boar 

 Hont — We march through a charming Country — The Mountain Pass 

 of Sesetabie — A Lion and Lioness inspect my Cattle, and the Lion 

 psfs for peeping — Hungry Hyaenas sup upon the Cattle Furniture — 

 The Camelopard- Description of its Habits — Booby, a Bechuana 

 Kraal — Gun Medicine — Disastrous Finale to an Incantation — Native 

 Conspiracy to prevent my further Progress 221 



CHAPTER Xni. 

 The Guides try to mislead me — The Cattle and Horses dying from 

 Thirst — Search for Water — Melancholy Anticipations — Directed to a 

 Pool by the Flight of Birds — Chase and kill a Giraffe '^Wandering 

 Bechuanas point out my right Course — Miserable Condition of the 

 Natives — Game Pitfalls — Mimosa Grove smashed by Elephants — ^A 

 Rhinoceros charges me — Abundance of large Game — Lost in the 

 Forest 241 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 The Bamangwato Mountains — The Elephant's Fountain — ^A Troop of 

 colossal Giraffes — Elephants drinking by Night — Habits of the Afri- 

 can Elephant — Elephant Hunt — A Bull shot after a dangerous En- 

 counter — Cutting out the Tusks — ^Extraordinary Rocks — Mountain 

 Retreat of Sicomy, King of Bamangwato — His Cunning — Barter Mus- 

 kets for Ivory — His Majesty's curious Gun-practice — Trading for Na- 

 tive Weapons 357 



