THE BETRAYED LOYALISTS 101 CHAPTER IV PAGE THE CONVENTIONS 106 MR. KRUGER 110 GERMANS AND UITLANDERS 114 CHAPTER V PAGE MR. RHODES 118 RHODESIA--UNCIVILISED 120 RHODESIA--CIVILISED 124 GOLD 127 DIAMONDS 131 CHAPTER VI PAGE THE TRANSVAAL OF TO-DAY 136 ACCUMULATED AGGRAVATIONS 138 MONOPOLIES AND ABUSES 143 THE FRANCHISE 146 THE REFORM MOVEMENT 149 THE CRITICAL MOMENT 153 THE RAID 156 AFTER DOORNKOP 172 THE FATE OF THE MISCREANTS 177 THE ULTIMATUM 178 APPENDIX--CONVENTIONS OF 1881 AND 1884 191, 197 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--Vol. I. 1. _COLOURED PLATES_ PAGE DYING TO SAVE THE QUEEN'S COLOURS. An Incident of the Battle of Isandlwana. By C. E. Fripp _Frontispiece_ COLONEL OF THE 10TH HUSSARS (H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES) 16 2ND DRAGOONS (ROYAL SCOTS GREYS) 32 OFFICER OF THE 16TH LANCERS 64 DRUM-MAJOR AND DRUMMERS, COLDSTREAM GUARDS 80 COLOUR-SERGEANT AND PRIVATE, THE SCOTS GUARDS 104 SERGEANT AND BUGLER, 1ST ARGYLE AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS 140 COLOUR-SERGEANT AND PRIVATE (IN KHAKI), GLOUCESTER REGIMENT 172 2. _FULL-PAGE PLATES_ PAGE CAPE TOWN, DEVIL'S PEAK, TABLE MOUNTAIN, AND LION'S HEAD, FROM TABLE BAY 10 A KAFFIR KRAAL IN THE TRANSVAAL 20 BLOEMFONTEIN, FROM THE SOUTH 26 THE DEFENCE OF RORKE'S DRIFT. By Alphonse de Neuville 42 THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI: THE FINAL RUSH OF THE ZULUS. By R. Caton Woodville 58 THE ORANGE RIVER AT NORVAL'S PONT 74 THE BATTLE OF MAJUBA HILL. By R. Caton Woodville 90 WHERE COLLEY FELL. Rough Cairn of Stones on Majuba Hill 92 THE MATABELE WAR--DEFENDING A LAAGER. By R. Caton Woodville 118 "TO THE MEMORY OF BRAVE MEN." The Last Stand of Major Wilson on The Shangani River, 1893. By Allan Stewart 124 A MATABELE RAID IN MASHONALAND. By W. Small 128 KIMBERLEY, AS SEEN FROM THE ROCK SHAFT 132 PRETORIA, FROM THE EAST. 138