CHAPTER V.

FROM LIKATLONG TO WONDERFONTEIN.

Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Water lizards--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potchefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes 118