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| PREFATORY CHAPTER | [vii] |
| NOTE (1897) | [xlv] |
| AREA AND POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COLONIES, REPUBLICS AND TERRITORIES IN SOUTH AFRICA | [lv] |
| DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA | [lvii] |
| INTRODUCTION | [lix] |
| PART I |
| NATURE |
| CHAPTER I |
| PHYSICAL FEATURES |
| The Coast Strip and the Great Plateau | [4] |
| Mountain-ranges | [6] |
| Climate | [8] |
| The Absence of Rivers | [9] |
| CHAPTER II |
| HEALTH |
| Temperature | [12] |
| Dryness of the Air | [13] |
| Malarial Fevers | [13] |
| CHAPTER III |
| WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR FATE |
| Original Abundance of Wild Creatures | [17] |
| Their Extinction: the Lion, Elephant, and Rhinoceros | [18] |
| Recent Attempts at Protection | [22] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| VEGETATION |
| Character of the South African Flora | [24] |
| Native and Imported Trees | [26] |
| Changes made by Man in the Landscape | [32] |
| CHAPTER V |
| PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE VARIOUS POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE COUNTRY |
| Cape Colony | [33] |
| Natal | [35] |
| German and Portuguese Africa | [36] |
| The Orange Free State and the South African Republic | [38] |
| Bechuanaland and the Territories of the British South Africa Company | [40] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| NATURE AND HISTORY |
| Influence of Physical Conditions on the Savage Races | [44] |
| Slow Progress of Early European Settlement | [45] |
| Later Explorations along the Interior Plateau | [47] |
| CHAPTER VII |
| ASPECTS OF SCENERY |
| 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 Convention of 1854: Independence of the Orange Free State | [132] |
| CHAPTER XII |
| THE EUROPEANS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1854-95 |
| Progress of Cape Colony: Material and Political | [134] |
| Grant of Responsible Government in 1872 | [139] |
| Kafir Wars: Causes of their Frequent Recurrence | [139] |
| Renewed British Advance: Basutoland | [140] |
| The Delagoa Bay Arbitration | [146] |
| First Scheme of South African Confederation | [148] |
| The Zulu War of 1879 | [149] |
| Formation of the Transvaal Republic | [151] |
| Annexation of the Transvaal | [154] |
| Revolt of the Transvaal: its Independence Restored | [160] |
| Boers and British in Bechuanaland | [165] |
| The Conventions of 1884 and 1894: Swaziland | [168] |
| German Occupation of Damaraland | [169] |
| The British South Africa Company; Acquisition of Mashonaland and Matabililand | [170] |
| Recent History of the Transvaal: the Rising of 1895 | [174] |
| PART III |
| A JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| TRAVELLING AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| Communications along the Coast | [179] |
| Lines of Railroad | [180] |
| Travelling by Ox-waggon | [182] |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| FROM CAPE TOWN TO BULAWAYO |
| The Voyage to the Cape | [188] |
| Cape Town and its Environs | [190] |
| The Journey Inland: Scenery of the Karroo | [193] |
| Kimberley and its Diamond-fields | [196] |
| Northward through Bechuanaland | [201] |
| Khama: his Town and his People | [207] |
| Mangwe and the Matoppo Hills | [212] |
| CHAPTER XV |
| MATABILILAND AND MASHONALAND |
| Bulawayo and Lo Bengula | [216] |
| The Natives: Causes of the Rising of 1896 | [223] |
| The Native Labour Question | [224] |
| Dhlodhlo: Scenery of the Hill-country | [227] |
| Gwelo and the Track to Fort Victoria | [232] |
| Ruins of Great Zimbabwye | [234] |
| Fort Salisbury | [240] |
| CHAPTER XVI |
| FROM FORT SALISBURY TO THE SEA—MANICALAND AND THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORIES |
| Scenery of Eastern Mashonaland | [242] |
| Antiquities at the Lezapi River | [245] |
| Among the Mountains: Falls of the Oudzi River | [250] |
| Mtali and the Portuguese Border | [251] |
| Chimoyo and the Eastern Slope | [257] |
| Descent of the Pungwe River to Beira | [261] |
| CHAPTER XVII |
| RESOURCES AND FUTURE OF MATABILILAND AND MASHONALAND |
| General Features of the British South Africa Company's Territories | [268] |
| Health, Wealth, and Peace | [269] |
| Form of Government Recently Established | [277] |
| Results of British Extension in the North | [279] |
| CHAPTER XVIII |
| THROUGH NATAL TO THE TRANSVAAL |
| Delagoa Bay | [281] |
| Durban and Pietermaritzburg | [283] |
| The Government and Politics of Natal | [284] |
| Laing's Nek and Majuba Hill | [291] |
| The Witwatersrand and Its Gold-fields | [296] |
| Johannesburg and Pretoria | [304] |
| CHAPTER XIX |
| THE ORANGE FREE STATE |
| Bloemfontein | [313] |
| Constitution and Politics of the Free State | [315] |
| CHAPTER XX |
| BASUTOLAND: THE SWITZERLAND OF SOUTH AFRICA |
| Across the Free State to the Caledon River | [319] |
| The Missionaries and the Chiefs: Lerothodi | [322] |
| The Ascent of Mount Machacha | [325] |
| Thaba Bosiyo and its History | [330] |
| Condition and Prospects of the Basuto Nation | [336] |
| PART IV |
| SOME SOUTH AFRICAN QUESTIONS |
| CHAPTER XXI |
| BLACKS AND WHITES |
| Relative Numbers and Influence of Each | [345] |
| Social Condition and Habits of the Blacks | [350] |
| Aversion of the Whites for the Blacks | [353] |
| Civil and Legal Rights of the Blacks | [355] |
| What the Future of the Blacks is likely to be | [365] |
| CHAPTER XXII |
| MISSIONS |
| Influence of Religious Ideas on Various Races | [370] |
| How the Natives Receive the Missionaries | [371] |
| Slow Progress of Mission Work | [373] |
| What may be hoped for | [377] |
| CHAPTER XXIII |
| SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES |
| The Dutch and the English: the Dutch Language | [379] |
| Placidity of South African Life | [383] |
| Literature, Journalism, Education | [386] |
| The Churches | [389] |
| CHAPTER XXIV |
| POLITICS IN THE BRITISH COLONIES |
| The Frame of Colonial Government | [392] |
| Absence of Some Familiar Political Issues | [396] |
| Real Issues: Race and Colour Questions | [399] |
| General Character of Cape Politics | [400] |
| CHAPTER XXV |
| THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE TRANSVAAL IN 1895 |
| The Old Boers and the New Immigrants | [405] |
| Constitution and Government of the Republic | [409] |
| Uitlander Discontent: the National Reform Union | [413] |
| The Capitalists: Preparations for a Revolution | [416] |
| President Kruger and His Policy | [420] |
| The Chances for the Movement: Causes of its Failure | [424] |
| CHAPTER XXVI |
| ECONOMIC PROSPECTS |
| Material Resources: Tillage and Pasture | [433] |
| Minerals: the Gold-fields and their Duration | [437] |
| Will Manufactures be Developed? | [442] |
| South Africa as a Market for Goods | [446] |
| Future Population: its Increase and Character | [447] |
| CHAPTER XXVII |
| REFLECTIONS AND FORECASTS |
| Sources of the Troubles of South Africa | [453] |
| The Friction of Dutch and English: and its Causes | [454] |
| British Policy in its Earlier and Later Phases | [458] |
| Future Relations of the European and Native Races | [463] |
| International Position of South Africa | [467] |
| The Future Relations of Boers and Englishmen | [469] |
| Prospects of South African Confederation | [472] |
| South Africa and Britain | [474] |
| APPENDIX |
| The Transvaal Convention of 1881 | [479] |
| The Transvaal Convention of 1884 | [488] |
| INDEX | [495] |