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are prevented by Mashabie—Stremboom and Umkook—March into 
King’s kraal amid fearful excitement of native women, and are tried 
—Saved by a child—Paul’s danger—Hammar’s foot, . . .275 
CHAPTER XXIII 
Paul maltreated—Rest—King Moremi the inquisitive—How the King and 
his tribe were baptized, and the result—Native religion—I intrigue 
against Indala—About the Batowaana or Baros, . . . 298 
CHAPTER XXIV 
Medical practice at the lake—Mashabie’s wife—Pay off our boys—Words 
to me—Their farewell to us —Hammar nearly overrun by lions— 
Adventure with lions at dawn—The kill—Intuhe’s song—Stremboom 
and I go hunting—Disturb a lion in the dark—Hammar hunts the 
lion, ......... 311 
CHAPTER XXV 
Abortive elephant hunt—Giraffe hunt—Thorns—About the aasvogel (vul¬ 
ture)—Stremboom shoots a leopard—How the Namakwas treated 
Stremboom—How Witboy saved Stremboom at a lion hunt—Piet 
Jacobs wounded by a native on the Chobe—Moremi’s terror of chloro¬ 
form—Moremi wants me to remain with him—Van Zyl the elder’s 
great elephant hunt, and the end of his career, .... 326 
CHAPTER XXVI 
Medicinal qualities of native roots—Arrival of Stremboom’s wagons— 
Visit by King’s wives—Return visit to dinner—Instrument of torture 
—A Mongwato burns a boy to death—Kingly retribution—Slavery 
—Stremboom’s trade, ....... 348 
CHAPTER XXVII 
Good-bye to the lake—The Zouga river—Makehto—The runner—We are 
very hungry—I eat ants—The letter trees—Chief Gumpo nearly killed 
by a lioness—A game of cards mystifies the natives—Mosquitoes— 
Spurious lion hunt in the moonlight—River widens into swamps— 
Columns of mosquitoes—Bad water—Leave the Zouga—Biting flies— 
The swearing khoran ....... 357 
CHAPTER XXVIII 
Meet Mosarwas, who show us water—Thlakane water-pits, bad water— 
Mongwato cattle stand thirst well—Reach Haakedoorn Vley—Good 
water—Paul and the goat are great friends—Trek Boers of 1879 suffer 
thirst at Malatzwye—About the trek Boers—The Lichachane water- 
hole—About the water-pans—We cross the Pooh-Pooh sand-belt under 
trying. circumstances—A strong Mongwato—Hear that Rudolf shot 
a big elephant ........ 372 
