PREFACE. 
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quotation is nut my own. Special care Las been taken to 
ascertain and state systematically the recorded geographical 
range of every species, and the known localities have accord- 
ingly been arranged uniformly throughout in the following 
order, viz. : — 
I. South Africa. 
A. Great Namaqnalaiid. 
B. Cape Colony (''/. Western Districts, h. Eastern Districts, 
c. Griqualand West, d. Basutoland). 
C. Orange Fi-ee State. 
D. Kaffraria Proper. ^ 
E. Natal {a. Coast Districts, h. Upper Districts). 
F. Zululand. 
G. Swaziland. 
H. Delagoa Bay. 
I. Inliambane. 
K. Transvaal. 
L. Bechuanaland. 
M. Kalahari. 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical {a. Western Coast, aa. Islands, ai. Western 
Interior). 
B. North Tropical (subdivided as in South Tropical). 
C. Extra-Tropical North Africa. 
III. Europe. 
IV. Asia. 
V. Australia. 
VL America. 
In this arrangement South Africa is, of course, treated more 
in detail than other regions, and in the map issued Avith this 
work the several territories south of the Tro^^ic are denoted by 
red letters corresponding to those above given. As regards tlie 
^ When this arrangement was planned, Kaffraria Proper or Independent Kaffirland 
occupied all the territory between the Cape Colony and Natal, or, in other words, between 
the Kei and Umzimkulu. Politically the whole of this territory, except the central coast 
tract of Pondoland and the small north-east tract named "Alfred" annexed to Natal, 
now forms part of the Cape Colony. The several subdivisions of the territory are named 
Tembuland Proper, Emigrant Tembuland, Fingoland, Gcalekaland, and Griqualand East. 
