CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



PART THE FIRST. 

 Preface ...... Page i 



CHAPTER I. 



Algoa Bay— Bethelsdorp— Graham's Town— Fort Wiltshire— Native 

 war dance — Caffer fair— Gaika and Botuman— Caffer Chiefs — 

 Interior of a Chiefs hut— Savage mode of slaughtering an ox — 

 A feast — "Barsaala" — ACaffer's encounter with an Elephant- 

 Arrival at Mount Coke.— Page 1. 



CHAPTER II. 



Native mode of hunting the Elephant — Scenery at Mount Coke — > 

 A Sahbath in Cafferland — Whiteboy, the Interpreter— We s- 

 leyville — Pato — Caffer Hymn, composed by a Native Chief.-— 

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CHAPTER III. 



Superstitions — Witch Doctors — The Wise Woman — Rain-makers — 

 Condition of Females in Cafferland — Forlorn situation of 

 Widows— Introduction of the Plough — Institution of the Sab- 

 bath — Translation of the Scriptures into the Caffer language. — * 



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CHAPTER IV. 



The Amaquaii— An Evening Entertainment— Sham Fight — Fish 

 River Bush — Elephant Hunt — Bivouac and Conflagration — A 

 Night in the Forest— Hottentot's Adventure with a Rhinoceros 

 — A Caffer Queen — Death and Character of Gaika — Untimely 

 end of John Thackwray. — Page 53. 



