INDEX.


[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z]

[A]

Agricultural Bureau of the United States, the, [283].

Agricultural prospects in South Africa, [267]-[270].

Altenroxel, Mr H. S., [121]-[124].

Amsterdam, [134], [139]-[141], [177].

Angling in South Africa, [55], [182]-[184].

Angoni, the, [15].

Arabs, the, [4], [8], [23], [29].

Army in South Africa, the, [368]-[385];
value of training ground, [373];
necessity of reorganisation on new model, [375], [376], [381]-[385].

Assegai River, the, [143].

Athole, [57], [140], [141].

Australia, land legislation in, [276]-[279];
labour party in, [321];
federation of, [363]-[365];
local forces in, [368], [369].

Austro-Hungary, parallel with, [360], [361].

[B]

Baines, Mr, [8].

Bantu races, the. See [Kaffir].

Barberton, [214], [228], [274], [341], [342].

Barnard, Lady Anne, [35].

Barolongs, the, [15], [45], [286], [306].

Baronga, the, [30 n.]

Barreto, [25], [27 n.]

Basutoland, [11], [12], [16], [17], [216], [286], [326].

Bataungs, the, [43], [45].

Bechuanaland, [11], [12], [15], [286], [326].

Belfast, [341].

Bell’s Kop, [134].

Bent’s ‘Ruined Cities of Mashonaland’ quoted, [8], [10].

Bethel, [218].

Bezuidenhout, Frederick, [36].

Bilad Ghana, discovery of, [21].

Birds of South Africa, [54], [178]-[181].

Blaauwberg, [152], [153].

Bleloch, Mr W., quoted, [192].

Bloemfontein, [216].

Bloemfontein Conference of March 1903, the, [362].

Bloemhof, [265], [341], [342].

[Boers, the], origin of, [35];
as hunters, [49]-[54];
horsemanship of, [55];
character of, [58]-[76];
farming methods of, [256]-[260];
political attitude of, [343]-[345], [389], [390].

Boschdaal, [108].

Botha, General, [105], [138].

Brak River, the (Zoutpansberg), [153], [154].

Bruderstroom, the, [116].

Bruintje Hoogte, [36].

Bryce, Mr James, quoted, [271 n.], [326 n.], [350], [355 n.]

Buffalo River, the, [5].

Bushmen, the, [5], [6].

Byles, Mr, [53].

[C]

Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, [23].

Calicut, [23], [25].

Callaway, Bishop, his works, [14 n.]

Cam, Diego, his discovery of the Congo, [22].

Canada, nature of federation of, [363], [365];
local forces in, [368].
See Durham, Lord.

Cape Colony, native taxation in, [298];
constitution of, [325];
franchise in, [339];
local forces in, [369], [378], [379].

Cape of Good Hope, discovery of, [22].
Carolina, [131].

Casalis, M., [14 n.]

Castrol’s Nek, [144].

Celliers, Sarel, [44], [62].

Cetewayo, [15].

Climate, [195].

Coal, [193].

Commando Nek, [82], [110].

Compensation, to slave-owners in Cape Colony, [39], [40];
to loyalists in Cape Colony and Natal, [244].

Compies River, [141].

Congo Free State, [367].

Conquered territory, the, [216].

Constabulary, the South African, [105], [115], [246], [249], [376].

Constitutie of Orange Free State, the, [327]-[329].

Conto, Portuguese writer, quoted, [9].

Copper-mining, [159], [193].

Coster River, the, [107].

Cost of gold-mining, [203 n.]

Cost of living in new colonies, [220], [221].

Crocodile Poort, [82], [110]-[112], [161].

Crocodile River, [15]. See [Limpopo].

Crown Colony administration, nature of, [331]-[334].

Customs Union, the South African, [235]-[241], [355].

[D]

da Gama, Vasco, [23], [24].

d’Albuquerque, Affonso, [24].

Damaraland, German acquisition of, [366].

de Barros, [19].

de Buys, Conrad, story of, [36], [37].

Decentralisation, colonial, [29];
administration in Transvaal, [242], [243].

Delarey, General, [88], [102], [138].

de Silveira, Gonsalvo, [26].

Diamonds, [193], [194].

Dias, Diniz, [20].

Diaz, Bartolomeo, [22].

Dingaan, [3], [15].

Dingiswayo, [14].

do Espirito Santa, Luiz, [27].

Dominicans in East Africa, the, [26], [27].

dos Santos, [19].

Drakensberg Mountains, the, [43], [113], [144], [173], [177].

Durham, Lord, his Report on Canada, [331], [389].

Dutch East India Company founded, the, [26].

Dutch, the. See [Boers].

[E]

Education, [309], [389].

Egypt, [7], [84];
comparison of South Africa with, [224], [253], [388].

Elands River (Lydenburg), [129].

Elands River (Rustenburg), [106].

Ericsen, Mr, [52], [53].

Ermelo, [57], [137].

Expenditure of Transvaal, the normal, [241].

[F]

Federation, Imperial, [395], [396].

Federation of South Africa, the, [347], [348]-[367];
advantages of, [350]-[353];
tendencies towards, [353]-[355];
tendencies against, [355]-[358];
the first steps towards, [359]-[363];
nature of, [364]-[367].

Forestry in the Transvaal, [194].

Fourteen Streams, [215].

Franchise in the new colonies, axioms which govern, [338];
types of, [339], [340];
division of constituencies, [341], [342].

Francis, Mr, [53].

Frere, Sir Bartle, [348].

Fura, Mount, [9], [25].

[G]

Game laws in Transvaal, [169]-[171].

Game reserves, [170], [171], [185].

Glenelg, Lord, his Kaffir policy, [38], [40].

Glen Grey Act, the, [298], [299], [307].

Goa, [24], [25].

Gold, how found in Transvaal, [191]-[194];
quartz and alluvial, mining for, [193];
nature of industry, [196]-[200].

Gold Law Commission, Report of, [227]-[231].

Gordon-Cumming, Mr, [53], [168].

Graaff-Reinet, [3], [7], [40].

Greylingstad, [192].

Grey, Sir George, [348].

Grondwet, the Transvaal, [328], [340].

Guaranteed Loan, the, [216], [222], [244]-[250], [360].

[H]

Haenertsburg, [115], [116], [120].

Hall and Neal, Messrs, their ‘Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia,’ [10 n.]

Harrier packs, [181].

Harrismith, [214].

Hartley, Mr, [50], [53].

Havilah, [9].

Heidelberg, [192].

Henry the Navigator, Prince, [20]-[22].

High Commissionership, functions of, [353].

Hillier, Dr A., quoted, [6 n.]

Himyarites. See Sabæans.

History of South Africa, difficulties in way of, [4].

Hottentots, the, [6], [7].

Huguenot strain in the Boers, the, [35], [60].

[I]

India, [208 n.], [370].

Ingwenya Mountains, the, [131].

Inhambane, [28].

Inter-Colonial Council, the, [246]-[248], [359]-[362].

Irene, Mr van der Byl’s park at, [57].

Iron ore, [193].

Irrigation, [263], [268].

[J]

Jacottet, M., his works on folk-lore, [14 n.]

Jesuits in East Africa, the, [26], [27].

Jew, the, [100], [154], [313].

Johannesburg, [311]-[324];
description of, [311], [312];
false ideas of, [314], [315];
force of social persistence in, [315]-[317];
critical position of, [317];
present stage of development, [319];
labour party in, [320];
solidarity of spirit in, [322].

Johnston, Sir Harry, [204].

Joubert’s Hoogte, [144].

Junod, M., his works on folk-lore, [14 n.], [30 n.]

[K]

[Kaffir races, the], [5], [11];
religion and law of, [12];
folk-lore of, [13], [30 n.];
superstitions of, [150], [164];
as hunters, [164];
as farmers, [265], [292];
their political future, [284]-[310];
taxation of, [298]-[301];
education of, [309].

Kalahari, the, [102], [169], [173].

Keane, Professor, [8], [9], [10 n.]

Kirk, the Dutch, [42], [328], [389].

Klerksdorp, [93], [192], [215].

Komati Poort, [214], [216].

Komati River, the, [130], [141].

Korannafontein, [99].

Koranna tribe, the, [6], [99].

Krabbefontein, [122], [123].

Kruger, Paul, [43], [69], [110], [317], [330].

[L]

Labour party in the Transvaal, the, [319]-[321].

Labour question in the Transvaal, the, [200]-[214];
nature of labour on mines, [201];
Kaffir labour, [202];
Central African labour, [204], [205];
white labour, [205]-[208];
Asiatic labour, [208]-[212];
labour for the railways, [218], [219];
compulsory labour, [292]-[295].

Lake Banagher, [132].

Lake Chrissie, [136], [137], [220].

Land settlement in South Africa, [244];
sums alloted for, [252], [255]-[283];
extent of Crown land, [256], [273], [274];
political importance of settlement, [270]-[273];
Government scheme of, [274]-[280];
comparison with Australasian precedents, [276]-[279].

Lebombo flats, the, [134].

Lebombo hills, the, [118], [172].

Legislative Councils of Transvaal and Orange River Colony, the, [336], [337].

Letaba River, the, [113], [117]-[124].

Letsitela River, the, [113].

Leydsdorp, [113], [114], [216].

Lichtenburg, [97], [100], [101], [218], [264].

Lichtenstein, his ‘Travels in South Africa,’ [36 n.]

[Limpopo River, the], [7], [36], [45], [63], [106], [147], [150], [156], [160], [161], [172], [287].

Linschoten, publication of his works, [26].

Livingstone, [8].

Lobengula, [15], [16].

Louis Trichard, [154].

Lydenburg, [37], [43], [121], [129], [186], [216], [274], [341], [342].

[M]

Macdonald, John, [53].

Machadodorp, [129].

Machadodorp-Carolina railway, the, [130], [215], [217].

Machubi, [124].

Mackenzie, John, quoted, [294].

Magalakween River, the, [149].

Magaliesberg, the, [15], [44], [82], [107]-[112], [160], [312].

Magata, [9], [286].

Magata’s Nek, [107].

Magatoland, [172], [184].

Main Reef formation, extent of, [192].

Majajie’s location, [117], [304].

Makalanga, the, [10], [11], [12], [24]-[27].

Makasi Spruit, the, [96].

Malapoch, [152].

Malietsie’s location, [150].

Malmani Oog, [102]-[104].

Manicaland, [11].

Manuza, [27].

Marah, [37].

Marico, river and district, [15], [45], [106], [177], [274], [342].

Maritz, Gerrit, [44].

Market, nature of, [219], [261], [266], [267].

Mashonaland, [10], [11], [169], [286].

Mazimba, the, [11].

Middelburg, [193], [341].

Missionaries, [101], [309].

Monomotapa, [10], [11], [24]-[27].

Mont aux Sources, [134], [153].

Mooi River, the, [43], [87], [184].

Mosega, [3], [44].

Moshesh, [3], [16], [17].

Mosilikatse, [15], [16], [43]-[45], [112].

Mountaineering in South Africa, [153].

Mozambique, [23], [25].

Municipal government in Transvaal, [335].

Murchison Hills, the, [117].

Mynpacht, [229], [230].

[N]

Natal, discovery of, [23];
native taxation in, [298];
constitution of, [325];
franchise in, [339];
local forces in, [369], [379].

Native Labour Association, the, [202], [213], [351].

Natives. See [Kaffirs].

Nauraghes, the Sardinian, [8], [9].

Neolithic age, traces of, [6].

Netherlands railway, the, [217].

New Scotland, [140], [141].

Nomenclature, Dutch, [47], [48], [82].

Nyl, the river, [34].

Nylstroom, [341].

[O]

Occupation farms in Transvaal, [255].

Ogilby’s ‘Itinerarium Angliæ’ quoted, [282].

Olifant’s Poort, [82].

Olifant’s River, [121], [172], [173].

Ophir, [9], [21].

Orange River Colony, the, [176];
railway system of, [217 n.], [246];
financial position of, [223], [224], [248];
taxation of natives in, [298];
census of, [342].

Oswell, Mr, [53], [168].

Ovampas, the, [11].

[P]

Palæolithic age, traces of, [5].

Panda, [16].

Parties in the Transvaal, probable division of, [344], [345].

Phœnicians, the, [4], [8], [160].

Pietersburg, [113], [114], [148], [214], [216], [341].

Piet Potgieter’s Rust, [42], [341].

Piet Retief, [142], [143].

Pongola River, the, [129], [141], [144].

Portuguese in East Africa, the, [4], [7], [11];
their age of discovery, [19]-[24];
their African empire, [24]-[32].

Potchefstroom, [87], [192], [274].

Potgieter, Andries, [43], [44].

Prazos, the Portuguese, [28], [119].

Prester John, [21], [24].

Pretoria, [42], [312], [341].

Pretoria-Pietersburg railway, the, [217].

Pungwe River, the, [169].

[R]

Railway Extension Conference, the, [216].

Railway system in South Africa, the, [214]-[219], [246];
revenue of, [249].

Reitz, Mr F. W., his songs, [69].

Repatriation, [94], [95], [109], [136], [138], [139], [149], [244].

Retief, Pieter, [37], [38], [142].

Revenue of Transvaal, the, [224]-[241];
mining revenue, [225].

Rhodes, Mr C. J., his native policy, [307];
his policy of federation, [348];
his influence on South African politics, [392], [393].

Rhodesia, [7], [8]-[10], [161], [173], [210], [215], [326], [379].

Rooijantjesfontein, [100].

Rooi Rand, the, [118].

Rustenburg, [82], [107]-[110], [171], [216], [274].

Ruwenzori, [147], [392].

[S]

Sabæans, the, [8], [9].

Sabi game preserve, [171].

Sabi River, the, [9].

Sand River, the (Zoutpansberg), [114], [216].

Sardinha, Manoel, [27].

Schlichter, Dr, [8], [10 n.]

Schoon Spruit, the, [93].

Scriptural parallels, the Boer sense of, [34].

Selati railway, the, [120].

Selons River, the, [107].

Selous, Mr, quoted, [10], [50], [52], [53], [168].

Sharpe, Sir A., [53].

Slaangaapies mountains, the, [132], [141]-[143].

Slachter’s Nek, story of, [36], [41].

Slave question in Cape Colony, the, [38]-[40].

Smith, Sir Harry, [41].

Sofala, [24]-[28].

Somerset, Lord Charles, [38].

Spelonken, the, [113], [149].

Springbok Flats, [171], [264], [265 n.]

Springs-Ermelo railway, the, [215].

Squatters’ law, the, [304], [305].

Standerton, [265], [341].

Stock diseases, [262];
prevention of, [262 n.]

Swaziland, [129], [132]-[135], [177], [215], [286], [326].

[T]

Taqui, [155], [156].

Tarshish, [9].

Taxation in Transvaal, [225], [226];
of unoccupied lands, [232], [233];
of share quotations, [234].

Tchaka, [3], [14]-[16].

Tete, [28].

Thaba Bosigo, [16].

Thaba ’Nchu, [43].

Theal, Dr, his work, [14 n.]

Tobacco-growing, [110], [269].

Transvaal, estimated population of, [342].

[Trek, the Great], [15], [33]-[48].

Trichard, Louis, [42], [43].

Trout Acclimatisation Society of the Transvaal, [184].

Trusts, possibility of, in South Africa, [197]-[199].

[U]

Umpilusi River, the, [132], [134].

Usutu River, the, [183].

Uys, the family of, [44], [48].

[V]

Van Rensburg, Jan, [42], [43].

Van Riebeck, Jan, [210 n.]

Van Rooyen, Mr, [54].

Vechtkop, [3], [43].

Veld, nature of, [80];
bush veld, [87];
veld fires, [99];
quality of soil of, [257], [265].

Vergunnings, [230].

Volksraad, the, of the Orange Free State, [328];
of the Transvaal, [328];
second, [329].

Volunteer forces in South Africa, the, [379], [380 n.]

Voortrekkers, the. See [Trek, the Great].

[W]

Wakkerstroom, [108], [145].

War debt, the, [222], [244]-[250], [318].

Warm Baths, [220], [341].

Waterberg, [171], [218], [264], [342].

Werfs, [229], [230].

Willcocks, Sir W., his Report on Irrigation, [263].

Wilmot, Mr A., his ‘Monomotapa,’ [10 n.], [28 n.]

Winburg, [44].

Wolkberg, the, [113], [116].

Wolmaranstad, [96], [97], [218].

Wood Bush, the, [113]-[128], [149], [186], [228].

[Z]

Zambesi River, the, [7], [10], [147], [168], [172], [177], [296], [350], [367].

Zeerust, [102]-[105], [177].

Zimbabwes, the, [7]-[11].

Zoutpansberg, [37], [43], [150]-[154], [156], [171], [274], [342].

Zulus, the, [11], [14], [15].


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