VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESI (WESTERN EXTREMITY). From a water-colour drawing by Frank Oates _To face page 258_ WOODCUTS. HEAD OF PALLAH. Drawn by Charles Whymper _Title-page_ PAGE “FAITHFUL IN DEATH.” Drawn by Charles Whymper xxxvi PRETORIA, TRANSVAAL. From a water-colour drawing by W. E. Oates 7 BOER’S FARM, HIGH VELDT, TRANSVAAL. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 9 GAME ON THE HIGH VELDT, TRANSVAAL. From a drawing by W. E. Oates _To face page 12_ LIMPOPO OR CROCODILE RIVER. From a water-colour drawing by W. E. Oates 19 SNUFF-BOXES MADE FROM GOURDS. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 22 DOUBLE-BANDED SAND-GROUSE (_Pterocles bicinctus_). From a drawing by W. E. Oates 27 BOERS’ FARMS, CROCODILE RIVER. From a water-colour drawing by W. E. Oates 38 SOUTH AFRICAN WART HOG (_Phacochærus æthiopicus_). From a drawing by W. E. Oates 41 MANYAMI. From a sketch by Frank Oates 52 MANYAMI’S ATTENDANT. From a sketch by Frank Oates 52 FEATHER HEAD-DRESS. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 56 HEAD-DRESS OF ZEBRA SKIN AND FEATHERS. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 57 BIRDS’ NESTS. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 77 THE FIRST ELEPHANT. From a sketch by Frank Oates 84 KNOB-BILLED GOOSE (_Sarkidiornis melanonotus_). From a drawing by W. E. Oates 91 DANCING-STICK, BOW AND ARROWS, AND KNOB-KERRIES. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 95 OX-HIDE SHIELD. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 100 ASSEGAI-HEADS AND BATTLE-AXE. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 102 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 115 NATIVE HUNTING-KNIVES. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 120 AFRICAN GREY HORNBILL (_Tockus nasutus_). From a drawing by W. E. Oates 132 YELLOW-BILLED HORNBILL (_Tockus flavirostris_). From a drawing by W. E. Oates 133 GIGANTIC ANT-HILL. From a water-colour drawing by W. E. Oates 135 WOODEN VESSEL. From a drawing by W. E. Oates 138