VIU CONTENTS. 



Buck Koodoos— Stalking Sable Antelopes— Death of two of my Hor- 

 ses — Continue our March — Oountlesa Herds of Game Page 206 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 Leave the Pc^quaiue Country — Absurd Ceremony — My Cattle fail me 

 — Send to the Missionary Station for Aid — Encamp near the Limpo- 

 po-Indescribable Fish— A young Secretaiy— Nearly all my Oxen 

 die — Assistance arrives from Mr. Livingstone — We reach the Resi- 

 dence of Siohely — A Hunter's Monument — We continue our March 

 through a beautiful Country — Adventure with two savage Lionesse.i 

 — A violent Tempest — Mahura — Bakalahari driving Game toward 

 their Pittfalls — We cross the Orange River and reach Colesberg. 223 



CHAPTER XXXL 

 Start on my fifth and last Expedition into the Interior — Mr. Orpen ac- 

 companies me — Humed March — Extraordinary Herd of Blesboks-^ 

 The Hart River — Cattle attacked with Hoof Sickness — Three Lion- 

 esses fearfully mangle my Pack of Dogs — Lion Hunts — Hyajnas de- 

 vour my Camp-stools — Meritsane — Six Buffaloes shot — Another Lion 

 Hunt — Glorious Chase with Elands — Sichely's Kraal — We cross the 

 Limpopo — A Lion attacks my Kraal and kills an Ox — A Field^of 

 Battle — Sebooiio — My hundredth Elephant! — We march down tha 

 Limpopo and hunt Hippopotami — Attacked by Rheumatic Fever — 

 Mr. Orpen nearly killed by a Leopard 241 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

 Mr. Orpen and myself in a helpless Condition — We leave the low-lying 

 Limpopo for the Mountains — Trading with Seleka — Ceremony to im- 

 part the Power of successful Shooting — March to the Ngotwani and 

 retrace our Steps to the Limpopo — Enormous Herds of Buffaloes— 

 An exciting Lion Hunt — Three of my Dogs killed — The noble Beast 

 takes the Water — A bold Mountain Ranger — Abundance of Game — A 

 brilliant Lion Hunt — Two killed out of a Troop of fom' — Rhinoceros 

 Hunting — Leave the Mariqua River — Sublime Scenery — Another 

 Lion Hunt — A Buffalo rips up my After-rider's Horse — Camelopard 

 Chase-^Making a Road to cross the Ngotwani — Sudden Encounter 

 with tvvo huge Lious — Arrival at Sichely's Kraal 265 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



The Pass of God-— Himt Sable and Roan Antelope — Seselabie My 



Cattle-losses in five Expeditions — My Cattle desperate for want of 

 Water — Trading with Mahura — Inspanning young Oxen — We cross 

 the Vaal River — The Country densely covered with Game — An Os- 

 trich's Nest — Bloem Vonteyu — Multitudes of Antelope Skeletons 

 cover the Plains — The Great Orange River — We are detained by the 

 Flood — Twenty-three Men drowned in attempting to cross — We have 

 to take the Wagons to Pieces — Determine to revisit Old England 

 snd transport my Collection of Trophies thither 28G 



