Six Months at the Cape

Letter 1. - “A Life on the Ocean Wave.”

Letter 2. - Hunting Springboks on the Karroo.

Letter 3. - Somerset—The British Settlers—Original “Owners”—Native Church-Going.

Letter 4. - Adventures with Ostriches.

Letter 5. - More about Ostriches—Karroo Gardens—A Ride with Bonny—Sketching under Difficulties—Anecdotes and Incidents.

Letter 6. - Over the Plains—Lion and Tiger Reminiscences—Frontier Forces and Escaped Convicts—Monkeys and Prickly Pears—A Veteran Settler’s Experiences of Kafir Warfare—Story of the Dutch Farmers’ Rising in 1815.

Letter 7. - Lion-Hunting, etcetera, in the Early Days—Bushmen and their Troubles.

Letter 8. - Rain! Rain! Rain!—Baboons River—Seahorse Kloof—We hunt the Hills on Horseback in spite of Rain—Floods and Accidents—Part from Hobson—Mail-Carts and Diamond-Diggers.

Letter 9. - Crossing the Great Fish River—Travelling at the Cape as it is to be—Grahamstown, her Early Struggles and Present Prosperity.

Letter 10. - Salem—A Peculiar Picnic—Polo under Difficulties—Lecturing and Singing—Sporting at Night.