CONTENTS. x iii 



graceful Attack of the Boers on the Bakwains. — Letter from Sechele. — Details 

 of the Attack. — Numbers of School-children carried away into Slavery. — De- 

 struction of House and Property at Kolobeng. — The Boers vow Vengeance against 

 me. — Consequent Difficulty of getting Servants to accompany me on my Jour- 

 ney. — Start in November, 1852. — Meet Sechele on his way to England to obtain 

 Redress from the Queen. — He is unable to proceed beyond the Cape. — Meet 

 Mr. Macabe on his Return from Lake Ngami. — The hot Wind of the Desert. — 

 Electric State of the Atmosphere. — Flock of Swifts. — Reach Litubaruba. — 

 The Cave Lepelole. — Superstitions regarding it. — Impoverished State of the 

 Bakwains. — Retaliation on the Boers. — Slavery. — Attachment of the Bechu- 

 anas to Children. — Hydrophobia unknown. — Diseases of the Bakwains few 

 in number. — Yearly Epidemics. — Hasty Burials. — Ophthalmia. — Native 

 Doctors. — Knowledge of Surgery at a very low Ebb. — Little Attendance 

 given to Women at their Confinements. — The "Child Medicine." — Salu- 

 brity of the Climate well adapted for Invalids suffering from pulmonary Com- 

 plaints Page 124 



CHAPTER VH. 



Departure from the Country of the Bakwains. — Large black Ant. — Land Tor- 

 toises. — Diseases of wild Animals. — Habits of old Lions — Cowardice of the 

 Lion. — Its Dread of a Snare. — Major Vardon's Note. — The Roar of the Lion re- 

 sembles the Cry of the Ostrich. — Seldom attacks full-grown Animals. — Buffaloes 

 and Lions. — Mice. — Serpents. — Treading on one. — Venomous and harmless Va- 

 rieties. — Fascination. — Sekomi's Ideas of Honesty. — Ceremony of the Sechu for 

 Boys. — The Boyale for young Women. — Bamangwato Hills. — The Unicorn's 

 Pass. — The Country beyond. — Grain. — Scarcity of Water. — Honorable Conduct 

 of English Gentlemen. — Gordon Cumming's hunting Adventures. — A Word of 

 Advice for young Sportsmen. — Bushwomen drawing Water. — Ostrich. — Silly 

 Habit. — Paces. — Eggs. — Food 148 



CHAPTER Vm. 



Effects of Missionary Efforts. — Belief in the Deity. — Ideas of the Bakwains on Re- 

 ligion. — Departure from their Country. — Salt-pans. — Sour Curd. — Nchokotsa. — 

 Bitter Waters. — Thirst suffered by the wild Animals. — Wanton Cruelty in Hunt- 

 ing. — Ntwetwe. — Mowana-trees. — Their extraordinary Vitality. — The Mopane- 

 tree. — The Morala. — The Bushmen. — Their Superstitions. — Elephant-hunting. — 

 Superiority of civilized over barbarous Sportsmen. — The Chief Kaisa. — His Fear 

 of Responsibility. — Beauty of the Country at Unku. — The Mohonono Bush. — 

 Severe Labor in cutting our Way. — Party seized with Fever. — Escape of our 

 Cattle. — Bakwain Mode of recapturing them. — Vagaries of sick Servants. — Dis- 

 covery of grape-bearing Vines. — An Ant-eater. — Difficulty of passing through 

 the Forest. — Sickness of my Companion. — The Bushmen. — Their Mode of de- 

 stroying Lions. — Poisons. — The solitary Hill. — A picturesque Valley. — Beauty 

 of the Country. — Arrive at the Sanshureh River. — The flooded Prairies. — A 

 pontooning Expedition. — A night Bivouac. — The Chobe. — Arrive at the Village 

 of Moremi. — Surprise of the Makololo at our sudden Appearance. — Cross the 

 Chobe on our way to Linyanti 175 



CHAPTER LX. 

 Reception at Linyanti. — The court Herald. — Sekeletu obtains the Chieftainship 



