Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



Theopolis — The Cowie River — Bathurst — Poortes— Cottage— Inn at 

 the Bushman's River — Travellers benighted — Anecdote — 

 Dreary Ride — Hottentot and Hyaena — Voyage from Port Eliza- 

 beth — A Gale off the Cape — Loss of the Government Schooner 

 Francis. — Page 76. 



PART THE SECOND. 

 CHAPTER I. 



Departure overland from Cape Town — Antelopes— The New Kloof 

 — Hex River — Groote Karroo — Scarcity of Water — Thunder- 

 storm — The Gamka, or Lion River — Spring-boks and Vultures 

 — Nieuw-veld Mountains — Beaufort — Account of depredations by 

 the Bushmen — The Commando System, &c. — Page 91. 



CHAPTER II. 



Rhenoster Kope — Anecdote — Large Herd of Spring-boks— Descrip- 

 tion of these Animals — Exploits in shooting — Narrow Escape — 

 Gloomy Situation — GraafF-Reinet— Swarm of Locusts — Difficult 

 Ascent of the Sneeuwberg Mountains— Schelms — Barren Aspect 

 of the Country— Celebrated Waterfall.— Page 114. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Compass-Berg — Fatal encounter with a Lion — Destruction of 

 Crops by the Locusts — Anecdotes of these Insects— Quaggas— 

 Gnus — Hunting Anecdotes— Inquisitive Boor — Nocturnal visit 

 of a Hyaena— The Coney of Scripture—" Gift" A Vei Boor — 

 Bushmen and their poisoned Arrows — Sand-storm — A Lion in 

 the Plain— Anecdote of Dempy and the Dog.— Page 131. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Orange River — Disappointed Natives— Narrow escape of Drowning — 

 Picturesque Scenery— An Encampment of Boors— Formation of 

 anew Village— Violent Thunder-storm— Ant-hills — Ant-eaters 

 —Bald Ibis— Fatal effects of Lightning— Bull Frogs— Start a 



