CONTENTS IX 



Hyaena — Anecdotes of Lion-shooting— Providential Escape. — 

 Page 158. 



CHAPTER V. 



Hot Springs— Fish River — Waggon overturned — Hard Treaty with 

 a Caffer — Village of Cradock — Sequestered Vale — Locust 

 Birds— Glen Lynden— Bush-boks— Forest Scenery— Indicator 

 — Farmer startled by a Tiger— Hanging Nests of the Weaver 

 Bird - Caffer' s Complaint — Kakaberg Bechuanas — Immense 

 flight of Locusts — Graham's Town. — Page 180. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Hermanus Kraal — Banks of the Fish River — Oxen startled by a 

 Hyaena — Anecdotes of this voracious animal — Fort Beaufort, a 

 Military Outpost— Cobra de Capello— Kat River— Hottentot 

 Settlement — Missionary's Grave.— Page 197. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Balfour — Bonte-bok — Vlakte — Accident from Lion-hunting— Ac- 

 count of a Lion-hunt — Romantic Scenery. — Page 208. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Sabbath Morning at the Chumie — A Heathen Congregation — Anec- 

 dotes—Influence of Superstition— Forest Scenery— Sacred Birds 

 — Astonishment of the Caffers at a Musical Box — Description of 

 the Settlement. — Page 223. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Leave the Chumie— Caffer Marriage— Strange Ceremonies— Dress 

 — Importunity of the Caffers— Surround the Waggon — Continue 

 to follow — Sudden Alarm — Lose the Oxen — Bivouac — Proceed 

 to Fort Wiltshire— Chief Makomo— The lost Oxen restored. — 

 Page 237. 



CHAPTER X. 



The Four great Divisions of the Caffer Nation— Population — Tradition 

 of the Natives — General Description of the Country — Form of 

 Government — Polygamy — Costumes — Agricultural Pursuits— 



