Second Edition, Demy 8vo, with Maps, Portrait, and 

 Illustrations, price 2 I s. 



MATABELE LAND 



AND 



THE VICTORIA FALLS 



A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS IN THE INTERIOR 

 OF SOUTH AFRICA 



FROM THE LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF THE LATE 



FRANK OATES, F.R.G.S. 



Edited by C. G. OATES, B.A. 



Press Notices of the First Edition. 



TIMES. 



Frank Oates was one of those unfortunate youths of earnest spirit 

 and high aspirations who give promise of making for themselves a 

 career and a name, but who are prematurely cut off before the real 

 work of their lives is well begun. . . . The present volume has been 

 published by the family of the unfortunate young explorer, partly as a 

 memorial to one who well deserves it. Mr. C. G. Oates has performed 

 his labour of love with thoroughness and reverence. . . . No one can 

 examine the observations made by the young traveller without being 

 convinced that science and African exploration sustained a real loss in 

 his death. Natural history collection was his chief object, and the 

 volume abounds with the fruits of his exertions in many observations 

 on the habits of the animals he met with, and splendidly -coloured 

 illustrations and wood engravings of birds, quadrupeds, insects, and 

 plants. Even in a country comparatively familiar to naturalists, Frank 

 Oates's observations on the people, natives, and Boers, and the natural 

 history, will be found to contain much that is fresh and original. He 

 writes in excellent spirits, has a real sense of humour, tells his hunting 

 stories well, and displays much shrewd wisdom on matters social and 

 political, so that the volume will have many attractions even for the 

 ordinary reader. 



