CHAPTER XI.
FROM SHOSHONG BACK TO THE DIAMOND FIELDS.
Position and importance of Shoshong--Our entry into the town--Mr. Mackenzie--Visit to Sekhomo--History of the Bamangwato empire--Family feuds--Sekhomo and his council--A panic--Manners and customs of the Bechuanas--Circumcision and the boguera--Departure from Shoshong--The African francolin--Khame’s saltpan--Elephant tracks--Puff-adders--A dorn-veldt--A brilliant scene--My serious illness--Chwene-Chwene--The Dwars mountains--Schweinfurth’s pass--Brackfontein--Linokana--Thomas Jensen, the missionary--Baharutse agriculture--Zeerust and the Marico district--The Hooge-veldt--Quartzite walls at Klip-port--Parting with my companions--Arrival at Dutoitspan 367
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.
PAGE
Emil Holub _Frontispiece._
Cape-Town 5
Euphorbia Trees 17
Elephants on the Zondags River 28
Springbock Hunting 33
Antelope Trap 36
The Country near Cradock 37
On the Way to the Diamond-Fields 40
Hotel on the Riet River 49
Square in Dutoitspan 63
Kimberley Kopje in 1871 67
Horse Whims in the Diamond Quarries 68
Kimberley 69
Kimberley Kopje in 1872 70
Kaffir Shepherd 77
Baboon-hunt 88
“Fore-spanning” 95
Koranna Huts in the Valley of the Harts River 96
Korannas 96
Interior of a Koranna Hut 103
Batlapin Boys throwing the Kiri 109
Batlapin 111
Batlapin Agriculture 116
Nests of Weaver-Birds 123
Batlapins on a Journey 126
Accident in the Harts River Valley 129
Batlapins sewing 133
Camp on Bamboes Spruit 147
Return from the Gnu Hunt 155
Startled by a Herd of Black Gnus 156
Night-Camp 168
Funnel-shaped Cavity in Rocks 170
Grotto of Wonderfontein 173
A Bird Colony 190
Lion Hunt in the Maquasi Hills 193
Hallwater Farm 195
Koranna 197
Batlapins returning from Work 201
Easter Sunday in the Vaal River 208
Meeting between Basutos returning from the Diamond Fields, and others going thither 213
A Moonlight Evening in the Forest 216
The Plains on Fire 225
Hartebeest 228
Head of the Hartebeest (Antilope Caama) 229
Woods at the Foot of the Malau Heights 231
Niger and the Cobra 234
Mobbed for Spirits 236
Caught by Thorns 241
Cheap Diamonds 242
Surprised by Baboons 244
Reception in Musemanyana 249
Musemanyana 251
Barolong Maiden collecting Locusts 253
A Hyæna Hunt 256
A Yochom of the Kalahari chasing a Bless-bock 259
A Barolong Story-teller 262
The Bechuana finds the Remains of his Brother 265
Wild Animals on the Plains 267
Barolongs chasing Zebras 268
Gnu-hunting by Night 270
Deserted Hunting-place of the Barolongs 274
Egyptian-goose on Mimosa-tree 275
Dispensing Drugs in the Open 281
Nest of Weaver-birds 284
Collecting Rain-water 287
A Refreshing Draught 288
Royal Visitors 289
Barolong Women at Moshaneng 297
Hyænas among the Cattle 302
Hunting the Rock-rabbit 306
The African Lynx 309
White-ant Hills 312
King Sechele 318
Rain-doctors 325
Khame’s Magic 335
Pit, the Griqua, discovers Leopard Tracks 342
Native Postmen 346
Masarwas around a Fire 350
Masarwas at Home 352
Mode of Hunting among the Masarwas 353
Preparing the New Year’s Feast in the Forest 355
Succoured by a Masarwa 360
A Bamangwato Boy 368
Aprons worn by Bamangwato Women 369
Bamangwato Huts at Shoshong 372
Kotla at Shoshong 374
Sekhomo and his Council 376
Bamangwato House 378
Court Dress of a Bamangwato 379
Training the Boys 397
Bamangwato Girls Dressed for the Boguera 400
Khame’s Salt-pan 404
Buisport, Rocky Cleft in the Bushveldt 413
Baharutse Drawing Water 415
Chukuru, Chief of the Baharutse 417
Baharutse Village 419
[Illustration:
MAP ILLUSTRATING D^R. HOLUB’S JOURNEYS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1872–1879]
SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA.