CHAPTER XIII.
An interview with the chief—A royal beggar—Marriage made easy—A visit to Mapaar’s garden—Curious beverages— Mapaar enjoys a drink of eau-de-Cologne—House-building spider— Mapaar invites us to a hunt—I offend my Black Beauty—How to make thick milk—Hunting the gems-bok
| —The disappointed photographer—Distributing the spoil……..……..207 |
CHAPTER XIV.
A family misunderstanding—I am put on my defence—Verdict “not guilty”—Out of the frying-pan into the fire—I turn weather-prophet—An awkward dilemma—A bag of teal— “Won, but not wooed”—My prophecy comes too true— Once more I am put on trial—Chopping logic with Ma- paar—All’s well that ends well—Farewell to Mapaar—In
| the forest—On the lions’ track…………….………………………………………225 |
CHAPTER XV.
Surprising the lion asleep—A lucky shot—A delicious shower- bath—Milking the cows—The cattle drink to bursting
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point—Catching a scorpion—A novel euro for scorpion sting—Charged by a rhinoceros—Bombarding the baby— A sweet-smelling bug—The Kaffir water-melon—The haunt of the pigmies—The M’Kabba tribe—Truffles à la pigmy—Making poisoned arrows—A visit to their camp—
| The dwarfs promise to come with us to England………………………..…239 |
CHAPTER XVI.
An elephant hunt—A beautiful tree—Some realistic music— In ambush for the elephants—Charged by the pachyderms —A wounded elephant doctoring himself—A convenient ladder—Kert has a narrow escape—We sup off elephant’s feet—A happy release—Hunting the buffalo—More frightened than hurt—A grand cattle-grazing country—In luck again!—A herd of zebra—A fortune waiting to be caught—A puzzle for an antiquary—A substitute for po- tato—Evidence of the gradual elevation of the country—
| Curious customs of the Damaras………………………………..……………….257 |
CHAPTER XVII.
Through the lion’s territory—From Ochimbunde to Kerses— Another way of making thick milk—An Englishman in- cog.—A city of huts—Dirk Verlander the chief of the Bastards-—In a quandary—How Verlander became “cap- tain”—Time reckoning and money equivalents among the Bastards—Bastard customs—A cattle ranche—Going to meetin’—Master-beggars—The private secretary—We start on a hunting expedition—A twilight reverie—Trapping a
| jackal………………………………………………………………………………………..273 |
CHAPTER XVIII.
Defying the poison-berrie—A ride after a girafle—A tall beast —Hints on giraffe hunting—Charming away the lions and vultures—A desert delicacy—I spend a night alone in a tree— A descent of vultures in force—A monster vulture- Nocturnal visitors—The “lion’s scavenger” versus “lion’s
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provider”—The hyena enters a caveat—In dreamland—A curious bird—Three lions appear on the scene—Photograph- ing Leo at home—A foolhardy experiment—Camera versus
| gun—Death of the king………………………………………………….…………..290 |
CHAPTER XIX.
A lion’s leap—Qui s’ excuse s’ accuse—Watching the wildebeests —After the giraffe—Astonishing the natives—Photograph- ing the dying giraffe—Catching a baby giraffe—Cutting up the booty—Making biltong—Stalking the ostriches—A night of feasting—A two-legged lion—A nocturnal adven-
| ture—How the poisoned arrows work………………….………………………310 |
CHAPTER XX.
Butterfly-hunting—A chameleon—Mixing the poison-pot— Smearing the arrows—How the arrows are made—“ Honey- beer “ — How the wild-bees’ nests are made—Honey gather- ing—Chewing the grubs—Making honey-beer—A drunken orgie—A false alarm—A tragic sequel to the feast—
| Friends not enemies………………………………………………………………..…333 |
CHAPTER XXI.
The Vaalpens or Kattea tribe—A “Christian” Kaffir—White- washing the darkies—A drink of nectar—A Kattea hunt— Running short of provisions—In the slave-market—Up- ington our pole-star—Bitten by a snake—A new mountain —A wonderful wall—An archssological discovery—Collect- ing water-insects—A bird’s-nesting snake—Our laundry— In straits for want of food and water—A moonlight scene —A fresh team—A lucky find—Death of “Lady Anna”
| —Bitten by a snake—Similia similibus curantur…….…………………….349 |
CHAPTER XXII.
At Mier again—The private secretary becomes confidential—A war of extermination—Terrible confessions—A trustworthy councillor—A garden at Mier—A fertile soil—The “born-
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tired” disease—An antidote to snake poison—An enter- prising Boer—A Bastard family—Making the calves use- ful—Exchange and barter—A raid on the water-fowl
| — K’ Abiam Pool………………………………………………………………………..368 |
CHAPTER XXIII.
Down the banks of the Orange River—A settler from Canada —The waggon overturned—Surgery under difficulties— Engineering the road—Exploring the river-banks—Cross- ing the rapids—First glimpse of the Falls—A waterfall out of the solid rock—A whirlpool—A beautiful scene—A flowery bower—Pride has a fall—Photographing the rapids
| —Freaks of nature—Reconnoitring the Hercules Falls…………………..383 |
CHAPTER XXIV.
An acrobatic
