Four Years in Southern Africa

amidst amusing animals appearance asked assegais banks beads beasts beauty beneath bivouac boors bright bush calm Cape Corps Cape Town cattle chief cliffs Colony companion Conguar crossed dark deep described distant dogs dread dress Dutch elephants English excite feeling fire Fish River flowers foliage frequently gleam gloomy Goedendag green grey grey crags hand heard hills Hinza hippopotamus horses Hottentot hunter Kaffer Kafferland Kei River kloof kraal lady Landdrost laughed leaving light look mingled missionary mountains natives nature never night night-fire party passed preter quickly ravine reach rhinoceros rich riding rock rocky round rush savage scene scenery seen shadow shot shrubs side Skipper slave soldiers sound Southern Africa steep strange stream thing thought told travelling trees tremendous tribe trunk turned Uitenhage valley waggon wandering watch Wesleyville wild wind young