| [THE AUTHOR AT NAKOB, READY FOR A LONG TRIP] | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE |
| [“BABYING” FOR DIAMONDS] | 8 |
| [SEALERS AT OLIFANTS ROCKS] | 20 |
| [TAKING THE HORSES ACROSS OLIFANTS RIVER] | 20 |
| [PROSPECTING PARTY NEARING THE MOUNTAIN OF RICHTERSFELDT, NAMAQUALAND] | 26 |
| [DRIFTWOOD ON THE DESOLATE BEACH NEAR CAPE VOLTAS] | 26 |
| [THE TERRIBLE DESOLATION OF BARREN, RIVEN ROCK BELOW THE GREAT FALLS] | 36 |
| [T’SAMMA IN THE DUNES] | 52 |
| [IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI] | 52 |
| [A FLOWER OF THE DESERT, SOUTHERN KALAHARI] | 68 |
| [THE CAMEL POST AT ZWARTMODDER, GORDONIA] | 68 |
| [A BEAUTIFUL GORGE OF THE ORANGE RIVER (NEAR “AUSENKEHR”)] | 84 |
| [GRANITE RANGE BEHIND KUBOOS, RICHTERSFELDT] | 94 |
| [ENTRANCE TO A BAD PASS, RICHTERSFELDT] | 94 |
| [FEEDING THE HUNGRY AT THE STEINKOPF NATIVE MISSION STATION, LITTLE NAMAQUALAND] | 100 |
| [HARD PULLING IN THE HALGHAT RIVER KLEIN, NAMAQUALAND] | 100 |
| [“KOKER-BOOMEN” (ALOE DICHOTOMA), RICHTERSFELDT MOUNTAINS] | 112 |
| [A MOUNTAIN OF LACMATITI NEAR ZENDLING’S DRIFT, RICHTERSFELDT] | 112 |
| [THE DEEP GORGE, 500 FEET OR MORE IN DEPTH, IN WHICH THE ORANGE RIVER IS PENNED BELOW THE GREAT FALLS] | 132 |
| [LAUNCH OF THE “OUTRIGGER”] | 168 |
| [“OUTRIGGER” ON WHICH WE CROSSED TO THE GERMAN POST AT ZENDLING’S DRIFT] | 168 |
| [HOTTENTOT REFUGEES FROM THE GERMANS AT MOUTH OF THE MOLOPO, ORANGE RIVER] | 192 |
| [INTERNATIONAL BEACON IN THE BAK RIVER, BORDER OF GERMAN SOUTH-WEST] | 192 |
| [THE MAIN FALL, GREAT FALLS OF THE ORANGE] | 202 |
| [DUMPED WITH MY BELONGINGS IN THE DESERT WHILST THE OXEN WERE DRIVEN ON TO SAVE THEM FROM DYING OF THIRST] | 218 |
| [PACKING THE CART FOR THE JOURNEY] | 218 |
| [“OLD GERT”] | 230 |
| [“CANDELABRA EUPHORBIA”] | 230 |
| [ON THE GREAT SALT PAN, IN THE CENTRE OF THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI DESERT] | 242 |
| [ON THE GREAT SALT PAN, SOUTHERN KALAHARI] | 254 |
| [BUSHMAN AT BOOMPLAATS, SOUTHERN KALAHARI] | 282 |
| [TEACHING CAMELS TO EAT T’SAMMA] | 282 |
| [THE HUGE NESTS OF THE “SOCIAL BIRDS”] | 288 |
| [WASHING FOR DIAMONDS AT THE BASE OF THE ESCARPMENT AT NAKOB] | 300 |
| [A BREAKDOWN ON THE ROAD FROM PRIESKA] | 300 |
| [AN INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY BEACON BETWEEN GERMAN (LATE) SOUTH-WEST AFRICA TERRITORY AND BRITISH (GORDONIA)] | 316 |
| [GRANITE MONOLITH AT “LANGKLEP”] | 328 |
| [WATER-PITS IN THE DRY MOLOPO AT NAKOB] | 328 |