The first edition of this book is dated 1879. The edition used is dated 1910. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 21 Berners St., London. The number of pages is 185.

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General information

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Contents

Letter I.
“A Life on the Ocean Wave.“

Letter II.
Hunting Springboks on the Karroo.

Letter III.
Somerset—The British Settlers—Original “Owners”—Native Church-Going.

Letter IV.
Adventures with Ostriches.

Letter V.
More about Ostriches—Karroo Gardens—A Ride with Bonny—Sketching under Difficulties—Anecdotes and Incidents.

Letter VI.
Over the Plains—Lion and Tiger Reminiscences—Frontier Forces and Escaped Convicts—Monkeys and Prickly Pears—A Veteran Settler’s Experiences of Kafir Warfare—Story of the Dutch Farmers’ Rising in 1815.

Letter VII.
Lion-Hunting, etcetera, in the Early Days—Bushmen and their Troubles.

Letter VIII.
Rain! Rain! Rain!—Baboons River—Seahorse Kloof—We hunt the Hills on Horseback in spite of Rain—Floods and Accidents—Part from Hobson—Mail-Carts and Diamond-Diggers.

Letter IX.
Crossing the Great Fish River—Travelling at the Cape as it is to be—Grahamstown, her Early Struggles and Present Prosperity.

Letter X.
Salem—A Peculiar Picnic—Polo under Difficulties—Lecturing and Singing—Sporting at Night.

Letter XI.
Algoa Bay—Kafirs on the Coast—Difficulties Regarding Servants.

Letter XII.
Port Elizabeth—Algoa Bay—Diamonds—Kafir Nobility.

Letter XIII.
The “Cape Doctor”—The Capetown Mine—Mules, Literature, and Customs-Officials.

Letter XIV.
Stellenbosch, etcetera.

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