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DRYNESS AND MONOTONY OF SOUTH AFRICAN LANDSCAPE 50
STRIKING PIECES OF SCENERY: BASUTOLAND, MANICALAND 51
PECULIAR CHARM OF SOUTH AFRICA: COLOUR AND SOLITUDE 53
INFLUENCE OF SCENERY ON CHARACTER 57

PART II

_HISTORY_

CHAPTER VIII

THE NATIVES: HOTTENTOTS, BUSHMEN, AND KAFIRS

THE ABORIGINES: BUSHMEN AND HOTTENTOTS 63
THE BANTU OR KAFIR TRIBES 67

CHAPTER IX

OUT OF THE DARKNESS--ZIMBABWYE

ANCIENT WALLS IN MATABILILAND AND MASHONALAND 70
DHLODHLO: CHIPADZI'S GRAVE 71
THE GREAT ZIMBABWYE 75
THEORIES AS TO THE BUILDERS OF THE ANCIENT WALLS 78

CHAPTER X

THE KAFIRS: HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS

THE KAFIRS BEFORE THEIR STRUGGLES WITH THE EUROPEANS 83
CAREERS OF DINGISWAYO AND TSHAKA 84
RESULTS OF THE ZULU CONQUESTS 85
KAFIR INSTITUTIONS 87
WAR, RELIGION, SORCERY 89
STAGNATION AND CRUELTY OF PRIMITIVE KAFIR LIFE 93

CHAPTER XI

THE EUROPEANS IN SOUTH AFRICA TILL 1854

THE PORTUGUESE AT SOFALA 99
THE DUTCH AT THE CAPE: THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS 102
THE AFRICANDER TYPE OF LIFE AND CHARACTER 104
DISAFFECTION OF THE DUTCH SETTLERS 108
BRITISH OCCUPATION OF THE CAPE 109
FEATURES OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION 110
BOER DISCONTENT AND ITS CAUSES 112
THE GREAT TREK OF 1836 115
ADVENTURES OF THE EMIGRANT BOERS 117
THE BOERS AND THE BRITISH IN NATAL 119
THE BOERS IN THE INTERIOR: BEGINNINGS OF THE TWO DUTCH REPUBLICS 122
BRITISH ADVANCE: THE ORANGE RIVER SOVEREIGNTY 129
THE SAND RIVER CONVENTION OF 1852: INDEPENDENCE OF THE TRANSVAAL
BOERS 130
THE BLOEMFONTEIN CONV