CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Departure from England — St. Helena — Cape Town — Arrival at 

 Durban — Pietermaritzburg — Start up country — Pretoria; its 

 climate and vegetation- — The High Veldt — Dutch Boers — The 

 Crocodile River — Bamangwato . . . Page i 



CHAPTER II. 



The journey resumed — Halt on the Seruli — Bushmen on the Gokwe 

 — The Shashi— The Tati Settlement — Adventure with a lion 

 — W. E. Oates returns to the coast ; particulars of his journey 



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 CHAPTER III. 



Frank Oates proceeds to the king's town — Crosses the Rama- 

 kwebani — Dutch hunters on the Impakwe — The Inkwisi ; pic- 

 turesque scenery — John Lee's farm — Monyama's kraal — The 

 Shashani — Fine country — Kumalo River . . . 42 



CHAPTER IV. 



Arrival at Gubuluwayo — Interview with the king — Start for the 

 Zambesi — Hope Fountain — Inyati— Difficulty of obtaining 

 bearers — The Zambesi abandoned — Hunting expedition on the 

 Umvungu and Gwailo Rivers — Experiences of a half-caste — 

 Birds' nests — The indunas' tree — Hunting — A lunar eclipse — 

 Return to Gubuluwayo- — Wild fruit . . . . 58 



CHAPTER V. 



Stay at Gubuluwayo — New Year's Day — The Great Dance — Cattle 

 slaughtered — Departure of the king ; the royal procession — A 

 dispute referred to him — Lobengula's court . . . 92 



