Lodges in the Wilderness

About this eBook

Author

Scully, W. C. (William Charles), 1855-1943

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Natural history -- South Africa

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36422

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36422

Release Date

June 13, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Lodges in the Wilderness" — Chapter One. — The Bushmanland Desert—Its Nature and Extent—Desert Travelling—The “Toa.” — Chapter Two. — Andries Esterhuizen—Silverfontein—The Koeker-Boom—Gamoep—Sand-Grouse—Our Horses—Kanxas—Night in the Desert—Dawn—Heat—The Mirage—Bantom Berg—The Dune-Monster—The Flight of the Oxen. — Chapter Three. — The Search for Meat—Death of the Oryx—The Flank of the Dune—Outwitting a Jackal—Hendrick, My Guardian—Thirst—The Distant Rain—Typhon—The Southern Simoom. — Chapter Four. — A Walk in the Darkness—Dreams of a Morning—The Scherm—The Slaying of the Ostrich. — Chapter Five. — The Kanya—The Spell of the Desert—My Horse—The Terror of Noon—Execution of a Marauder. — Chapter Six. — Homeward Bound—Faces around the Fire—The Bushmen—Piet Noona and the Snake—The Love of the Desert—My Prehistoric Uncle and Aunt—Scruples—The Hunter’s Instinct. — Chapter Seven. — The Springbuck Drive—The Bushman Caves—Return to Gamoep. — Chapter Eight. — The Summer Clouds—News of Rain—Start for Pella—The Vedic Hymns—Digging for Water—Arrival at Pella—Terrible Heat—The Tribe—Aquinas in the Wilderness—The Mission—The River Gorge—The Tarantula Invasion. — Chapter Nine. — Morning in the Gorge—Departure from Pella—Journey to Brabies—Protection of the Oryx—Its Peculiarities—Antelopes of the Desert and the Forest—Camping at Brabies. — Chapter Ten. — The Oryx Hunt—Terrible Thirst—Prehistoric Weapons. — Chapter Eleven. — The Richtersveld—Kuboos—The Vicar of Wakefield Redivivus—Gold-Seeking—The Raad—Morbid Sensibility—Start for El Dorado. — Chapter Twelve. — Expedition to the River—Flora and Fauna—The Pneumoras—Abnormal Springbuck—The Sea-Fog—Wild Horses—Fauna and Bimini. — Chapter Thirteen. — Kamiebies—The Blossoming Wilderness—The Ostrich Poachers—Hail Storms—The Springbuck behind the Dune—How Andries found me. — Chapter Fourteen. — L’Envoi.

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