CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
Preparation—Start from Dundee, Natal—Salted horses—Cross the Vaal 
river—Interview Acting-President Joubert—Rustenberg—Snakes on 
the Limpopo banks—Cattle stolen—King Khama in Shoshong— 
Engage Franz ........ 
CHAPTER II 
Franz’s Matabele tale of wrongs—Leave Shoshong—Granite formation— 
The Makarikari lake—Sport at the lake—Baobab trees—Formation at 
Nata river—Game 'on the road—Klamachanyaana pools—Elephants 
empty Jurua pan ........ 
CHAPTER III 
George Westbeech at Panda Matenga—How fathers of Jesuit mission 
instruct natives—Bad weather on road to Victoria falls—Nearly 
impale myself on assegai—Victoria falls—Trade with natives for food 
and tobacco—Compare Victoria falls with Niagara falls 
CHAPTER IY 
Return to Panda Matenga—Engage JanVeyers—Prepare for journey up 
the Chobe with bearers—Jan Africa’s fight with a lioness 
CHAPTER Y 
Start for the Chobe—Mode of payment to the bearers—Rudolf left behind 
with fever—His sad end—The Situtunga buck—JanVeyers’ adventure 
with a lion—Shooting on the Chobe—Crocodile—Hammar’s adventure 
with hippopotami a 
CHAPTER VI 
The natives fear us—Capture of an old Mashubia—River overflowing its 
banks—Honey bird leads boys to python—Native dance—Shoot puku 
buck—Underground hive of peculiar bees—White buffalo—Blue wilde¬ 
beest hunt—Hunter’s delicacies—Swamps, tsetse fly—Scenery of 
Chobe—Game abundant—Narrow escape from fire—Blotchy appear¬ 
ance of natives accounted for by fire—Braying skins 
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