ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Author . Frontispiece 



A VERY OLD Bushman and his Wife .... To face page 2 



A Pure-Bred Bushman of Middle Age .... „ 3 



The Honeyguide 4 



Bushman Ring Stones 4 



The Bloodthirsty Leopard „ 5 



A South African Python 16 feet long ... „ 7 



A South African Python 18 feet long ... 8 



Cape Hunting Dog or Wilde Honde . . . . 11 



Baboon Spider, Centipede, Scorpion, Beetle . . „ 15 



A Typical South African Aloe „ 16 



A Zulu Warrior and his Wife „ 17 



Cobs of Mealies 17 



Fields of Kafir Corn „ 19 



A Nest of Ostrich Eggs in the Sand .... „ 21 



The Skull of a Male Chacma Baboon ... ,,27 



The Complete Skeleton of one of the Baboonfolk . „ 28 



The Dassievanger 32 



A Baby of the Baboonfolk 32 



A Baboon Pointsman at the Uitenhage Railway Station „ 38 



The Cheetah or Hunting Leopard .... ,,40 



The Spotted Hy^na or Tiger Wolf .... 42 



A Typical South African Krantz .,44 



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