ZENDLING’S DRIFT--JACKAL’S BERG--THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH WHYMPER--HUGE NUGGET OF NATIVE COPPER--A DIFFICULT PASS--KUBOOS--DEGENERATE NATIVES--BACK TO PORT NOLLOTH pp. 145-158 CHAPTER XI SECOND TRIP TO RICHTERSFELDT--SMASH-UP IN HELL’S KLOOF--CHRISTMAS AT KUBOOS--TESTING THE “BANKET”--A NEAR THING IN THE RAPIDS--AFTER A LEOPARD--NEW TRAILS--HOTTENTOT SUPERSTITION--STEWED FLAMINGO AND OTHER WEIRD DISHES--END OF THE TRIP pp. 159-184 CHAPTER XII BRYDONE’S DIAMONDS--THE GREAT FALLS OF THE ORANGE--MOUTH OF THE MOLOPO--BAK RIVER--THE GERMAN SOUTH-WEST BORDER--KAKAMAS--LITTLE BUSHMAN LAND pp. 185-212 CHAPTER XIII GRAVEL TERRACES AT ZENDLING’S DRIFT--SECOND CHRISTMAS AT RICHTERSFELDT--GERMAN POST AT ZENDLING’S--MAKING A RAFT--HIPPO AT THE LORELEI MOUNTAIN pp. 213-223 CHAPTER XIV PERMIT FOR THE FORBIDDEN GAME RESERVE--VAN REENEN AND THE SCORPION--SECOND VISIT TO THE GREAT FALLS--OLD GERT, OUR GUIDE--BUSHMAN ARROWS AND THEIR POISONS--BUSHMAN INOCULATION AGAINST SNAKE-BITE--ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKE-BITE--TALES OF “THE GREAT THIRST” pp. 224-236 CHAPTER XV THE “PANS” OF THE KALAHARI DESERT--THE MOLOPO ROUTE--BOOMPLAATS--ENTERING THE RESERVE--SPOORS--THE WATER CAMP--THIRST--THE GREAT SALT PAN--LOST! pp. 237-259 CHAPTER XVI FORMATION OF THE DUNES AND PANS--“KOBO-KOBO” PAN--RAIN IN THE DESERT--SCORPIONS--AAR PAN--MIRAGE AND “SAND-DEVILS”--KOICHIE KA--THE PIT AND THE PUFF-ADDER pp. 260-276 CHAPTER XVII THE KURUMAN RIVER--WITDRAAI--AAR PAN AND EASTWARD--GEMSBOK AND T’SAMMA--DRIELING PAN--WILD DOGS--THIRSTY CAMELS--SEARCH FOR WOLVERDANSE--“NABA”!--BUSHMEN--END OF THE TRIP pp. 277-293 CHAPTER XVIII TRIP IN SEARCH OF “EMERALD VALLEY”--FEVER AND FAILURE--BACK TO GORDONIA--SECOND TRIP TO BAK RIVER--“SOME GUN!”--THE PACK-COW--SURLY NATIVES--“ROUGHING IT” pp. 294-307 CHAPTER XIX RESULT OF KALAHARI TRIP--NAKOB--LACK OF POLICE ON FRONTIER--WORKING A KIMBERLITE PIPE--UKAMAS--DRUNKEN GERMAN OFFICERS--SLOW TREKKING--A BAD SMASH pp. 308-323 CHAPTER XX WAR!--VIOLATION OF BRITISH TERRITORY AT NAKOB--THE END pp. 324-334 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE AUTHOR AT NAKOB, READY FOR A LONG TRIP _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE “BABYING” FOR DIAMONDS 8 SEALERS AT OLIFANTS ROCKS 20 TAKING THE HORSES ACROSS OLIFANTS RIVER 20 PROSPECTING PARTY NEARING THE MOUNTAIN OF RICHTERSFELDT, NAMAQUALAND 26