Lodges in the Wilderness

Chapter One. - The Bushmanland Desert—Its Nature and Extent—Desert Travelling—The “Toa.”

Chapter Two. - Andries Esterhuizen—Silverfontein—The Koeker-Boom—Gamoep—Sand-Grouse—Our Horses—Kanxas—Night in the Desert—Dawn—Heat—The Mirage—Bantom Berg—The Dune-Monster—The Flight of the Oxen.

Chapter Three. - The Search for Meat—Death of the Oryx—The Flank of the Dune—Outwitting a Jackal—Hendrick, My Guardian—Thirst—The Distant Rain—Typhon—The Southern Simoom.

Chapter Four. - A Walk in the Darkness—Dreams of a Morning—The Scherm—The Slaying of the Ostrich.

Chapter Five. - The Kanya—The Spell of the Desert—My Horse—The Terror of Noon—Execution of a Marauder.

Chapter Six. - Homeward Bound—Faces around the Fire—The Bushmen—Piet Noona and the Snake—The Love of the Desert—My Prehistoric Uncle and Aunt—Scruples—The Hunter’s Instinct.

Chapter Seven. - The Springbuck Drive—The Bushman Caves—Return to Gamoep.

Chapter Eight. - The Summer Clouds—News of Rain—Start for Pella—The Vedic Hymns—Digging for Water—Arrival at Pella—Terrible Heat—The Tribe—Aquinas in the Wilderness—The Mission—The River Gorge—The Tarantula Invasion.

Chapter Nine. - Morning in the Gorge—Departure from Pella—Journey to Brabies—Protection of the Oryx—Its Peculiarities—Antelopes of the Desert and the Forest—Camping at Brabies.

Chapter Ten. - The Oryx Hunt—Terrible Thirst—Prehistoric Weapons.