CHAPTER XVII.
THROUGH THE COLONY TO THE COAST.
Departure from Bultfontein--Philippolis--Ostrich-breeding--My first lecture--Fossils--A perilous crossing--The Zulu war--Mode of dealing with natives--Grahamstown--Arrival at Port Elizabeth--My baggage in danger--Last days in Cape Town--Summary of my collections--Return to Europe 454
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.
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Frontispiece.
Pond near Coetze’s Farm 4
Graves under the Camel-thorn Trees at Mamusa 6
Shooting Wild Geese at Moffat’s Salt Pan 9
Hunting among the Rocks at Molema 11
Baboon Rocks 14
On the Banks of the Matebe Rivulet 24
Crocodile in the Limpopo 32
Battle on the Heights of Bamangwato 43
Grottoes of the Luala 46
Troop of Ostriches 49
Masarwas chasing the Eland 50
Pursued by Matabele 52
The Soa Salt Lake 57
Hunting the Zulu Hartebeest 62
In the Tree 66
Startled by Lions 76
“Pit, are you asleep?” 91
Nocturnal Attack by Lion 102
Elephant Hunting 107
Elephants on the March 108
Boating on the Zambesi 110
Impalera 111
Removal to New Sesheke 122
Masupia Grave 127
On the Banks of the Chobe 129
Hippopotamus Hunting 132
Game Country near Blockley’s Kraal 133
In the Papyrus Thickets 136
Reception at Sepopo’s 137
Port of Sesheke 140
Musical Instruments of the Marutse 147
Kishi-Dance 169
Mask of a Kishi-Dancer 170
On the Shores of the Zambesi 176
A Troop of Giraffes surprised 184
Aquatic Life in a still Pool by the Zambesi 187
The Victoria Falls 194
The Lion expected 201
Encounter with a Tiger 213
Hunting the Spur-winged Goose 214
King Sepopo 220
The Prophetic Dance of the Masupias 229
Visit of the Queens 232
Chase of the Water-Antelope 249
Lion Hunt near Sesheke 253
Mashukulumbe at the Court of King Sepopo 258
Sepopo’s Doctor 264
A Mabunda. A Makololo 265
Mankoe 266
Types of Marutse 267
A Mambari. A Matonga 271
Ascending the Zambesi 274
My boat wrecked 276
Night Visit from Lions at Sioma 280
In the Manekango Rapids 281
Otter-shooting on the Chobe 283
Spearing Fish 290
Walk through Sesheke 292
A Masupia.--A Panda 297
Singular Rock 299
Drowning useless People 300
Sepopo’s Head Musician 302
Marutse-Mabunda Calabashes for Honey-mead and Corn 305
Bark Basket and Calabashes for holding Corn, used by the Mabundas 308
Mabunda Ladle and Calabashes 311
Marutse-Mabunda Pipes 344
Pipes for smoking Dacha 345
Scene on the Zambesi Shores at Sesheke 351
Camp in the Leshumo Valley 354
Wana Wena, the new King of the Marutse 357
Ruins of Rocky Shasha 372
Boer’s Wife defending her Waggon against Kafirs 402
Masarwas Drinking 405
Lioness attacking Cattle on the Tati River 409
Leopard in Pit Jacobs’ House 415
Return to the Diamond Fields 418
Koranna Homestead near Mamusa 420
Mission House in Molopolole 424
Night Journey 430
Fingo Boy 432
My House in Bultfontein 434
Rock Inscriptions by Bushmen 438
Capture of an Earth-Pig 440
Colonel Warren 449
Bella 454
Narrow Escape near Cradock 460
Main Street in Port Elizabeth 468
Fingo Village at Port Elizabeth 469
SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
THIRD JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR.