CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Preparations for a Hunting Expedition — Cape Traders — TraveKng— 

 Trader at a Farm— Dangers of a Trader's Life— Articles for Barter- 

 Dissuasions from the Enterprise — M7 Outfit — Hunting Bheebokr- 

 WildFlowers Page 17 



CHAPTER H. 

 Mysteries of Inspanning — Cape Wagon and its Foroitare — Departure 

 from Grahamstown — My head Servant leaves me — Impassable State 

 of the Roads — My Wagon in a Fix— 'Change of Route — Singular In- 

 stinct of the Honey-bird ...... 33 



CHAPTER in. 

 Fearful Descent of De Brain's Poort — District lately deserted by Ele- 

 phants — Noble Forest-trees — The Great Fish River — Cunning Boers 

 — Burning Effects of the Sun— The Dutch Nofi's Green Tea Oint- 

 ment — Skill of the Hottentots in " Tapping the Admiral"— Beauti.- 

 ftiUy wooded Country — The Village of Cradock — South Afirican Cli. 

 mate — Countless Herds of Springbok — Mynheer Pocheter — The 

 Way to make a Friend on the Thebus Flats — ^Hendric Strydom— 

 Hunting for Springbok — Extraordinary Migrations of these Ante- 

 lopes 51 



CHAPTER IV. 



A Bustard shot — ^Flight of Locusts — Quagga Shooting in the Dark — 

 Curious Mistake — Ostriches— A Sportsman napping — Leave Stry- 

 dom's Residence in quest of Wildebeests — Wildebeest Shooting — 

 Meeting -with a Brother 0£SceT — ^Proceed to Colesberg — Additions to 

 Equipments 73 



CHAPTER V. 

 Departure from Colesberg — Jaging Springbok — Vast Herds of Game- 

 Swarms of Flies — Oology — A Nomade Boer's Encampment — Anec- 

 dote of the Gemsbok — Cobus rides down a splendid old BuU Gems- 

 bok — ^A Night in the Desert — Paterson arrives — Bushmen — Their ex- 

 traordinary Raids across the Desert 88 



