CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Pagf 



Personal Sketch. Voyage to the Cape and Algoa Bay .. .. 1 



CHAPTER I. 



Residence at Kuruman, Lepelole, and Kolobeng. Sketch of 



CAREER OF SECHELE, CHIEF OF THE BaKWAINS, AND NOTICES OF 



HIS TRIBE 9 



CHAPTER IT. 



The Boers : their infamous treatment of natives. The Kala- 

 hari Desert. Bushmen and Bakalahari 29 



CHAPTER III. 



Crossing the Desert. The Zouga. Discovery of Lake Ngami. 



Return to Kolobeng 53 



CHAPTER IV. 



Second and third journeys from Kolobeng. TheChobe. Ravages 

 of Tsetse. The Makololo : career of their chief Sebituane. 

 Discovery of the Zambesi. Slave-trade. Return to the 

 Cape 74 



CHAPTER V. 



Last journey from Cape Town. The Kalahari : its plants and 



animals. Griquas and Bechuanas 94 



CHAPTER VI. 



Kuruman. Missionaries : their duties and labours. Outrage 



of Boers. Retaliation. Notices of Bakwains 110 



CHAPTER VII. 



Diseases of animals. The Lion. Serpents. Native customs. 



Bamangwato Hiij^s. TnE Ostrich 134 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Missionary labours. Trees. Bushmen. The Sanshureh and 



Chobe 157 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Ltnyanti. The chief Sekeletu. Customs of the Makololo .. 178 



