CONTENTS

[Introduction]
TO THE MAN IN THE STREET
[Part I.]
BADEN-POWELL—THE MANNER OF MAN HE IS
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I.[The Boy and His People]11
II.["Bathing-Towel"]18
III.[Learning the Trade]24
IV.[Scout and Sportsman]29
V.[The Kindly Humorist]42
[Part II.]
AN EXPEDITION AND A CAMPAIGN
I.[The Ashanti Expedition, 1895-6]47
II.[The Matabele Campaign, 1896]64
[Part III.]
THE STORY OF THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING, 1899-1900
I.[The Warm Corner]89
II.[Warmer and Warmer]97
III.[Sitting Tight]104
IV.[The Last Days]111
V.[The Relief and the Empire]119

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Baden-Powell in his Office] Frontispiece
[A Merciful Man] (Sketch by the Author) 14
[The Horse Guard] " " 26
[Following up the Spoor] " " 29
[Britannia] " " 45
[Sketch Map of the March to Kumassi] " " 48
[Human Sacrifice at Bantama] " " 51
[Portrait of King Prempeh] " " 55
[King Prempeh watching the arrival of Troops] " " 59
[Embarkation of King Prempeh] " " 63
[Sketch Map of the Theatre of Operations] " " 65
[Mafeking to Buluwayo—Ten Days and Nights by Coach] " " 66
[The Umgusa Fight: June 6th] " " 67
[Eight to One] " " 70
[Scout Burnham] " " 73
[The Peace Indaba with the Matopo Rebels] " " 75
[The Battle of August 5th] " " 75
[A Human Salt-Cellar] " " 79
[Fresh Horse-Beef] " " 81
[Dolce far Niente] " " 87
[An every-day Scene in the Market] 95
[Strolling Home in the Morning] (Sketch by the Author) 104
["Halt! who comes there?"] " " 104
[A Cape Boy Sentry] " " 113
[Rough Map of Brickfields] 116

NOTE

THE AUTHOR DESIRES TO EXPRESS HIS OBLIGATIONS TO MISS BADEN-POWELL AND TO THE REV. CANON HAIG-BROWN FOR THEIR KINDNESS IN AFFORDING HIM HELP AND INFORMATION IN PREPARING THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL'S CAREER.

[INTRODUCTION]

TO THE MAN IN THE STREET