CHAPTER IV.

FROM DUTOITSPAN TO LIKATLONG.

My travelling-companions--Departure from the Diamond-fields--The Vaal River and valley--Visit to Koranna village--Structure of Koranna huts--Social condition of the Korannas--Klipdrift--Distinction between Bechuanas and Korannas--Interior of a Koranna hut--Fauna of the Vaal valley--A bad road--A charming glen--Cobras and their venom--Ring-neck snakes--The mud in the Harts River 93