CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION. 
Page 
Personal Sketch. Voyage to the Cape and Algoa Bay .. .. 1 
CHAPTER I. 
Residence at Kuruman, Lepelole, and Kolobeng. Sketch of 
CAREER OF SeCHELE, CHIEF OF THE BaKWAINS, AND NOTICES OF 
HIS TRIBE. 9 
CHAPTER IT. 
The Boers : their infamous treatment of natives. The Kala¬ 
hari Desert. Bushmen and Bakalahari. 29 
CHAPTER HI. 
Crossing the Desert. The Zouga. Discovery of Lake Ngami. 
Return TO Kolobeng . 53 
CHAPTER lY. 
Second and third journeys from Kolobeng. The Chobe. Ravages 
OF Tsetse. The Makololo : career of their chief Sebituane. 
Discovery of the Zambesi. Slave-trade. Return to the 
Cape . 74 
CHAPTER V. 
Last journey from Cape Town. The Kalahari : its plants and 
animals. Griquas and Bechuanas . 94 
CHAPTER Yl. 
Kuruman. Missionaries : their duties and labours. Outrage 
OF Boers. Retaliation. Notices of Bakwains . 110 
CHAPTER YH. 
Diseases of animals. The Lion. Serpents. Native customs. 
Bamangwato Hills. The Ostrich .• .. 134 
CHAPTER YHI. 
Missionary labours. Trees. Bushmen. The Sanshureh and 
Chobe. 157 
CHAPTER IX. 
Linyanti. The chief Sekeletu. Customs of the Makololo .. 178 
