[DEDICATION]

[INTRODUCTORY NOTE]

[MAPS AND PLANS]

[CHAPTER I]. STEAMING SOUTH

R.M.S. 'Dunottar Castle,' October 26 and October 29, 1899

[CHAPTER II]. THE STATE OF THE GAME

Capetown; November 1, 1899

[CHAPTER III]. ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER

East London: November 5, 1899

[CHAPTER IV]. IN NATAL