Six Months at the Cape
by R. M. Ballantyne
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21704
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21704
- Release Date
- June 6, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."Six Months at the Cape" — Letter 1. — “A Life on the Ocean Wave.” — Letter 2. — Hunting Springboks on the Karroo. — Letter 3. — Somerset—The British Settlers—Original “Owners”—Native Church-Going. — Letter 4. — Adventures with Ostriches. — Letter 5. — More about Ostriches—Karroo Gardens—A Ride with Bonny—Sketching under Difficulties—Anecdotes and Incidents. — Letter 6. — Over the Plains—Lion and Tiger Reminiscences—Frontier Forces and Escaped Convicts—Monkeys and Prickly Pears—A Veteran Settler’s Experiences of Kafir Warfare—Story of the Dutch Farmers’ Rising in 1815. — Letter 7. — Lion-Hunting, etcetera, in the Early Days—Bushmen and their Troubles. — Letter 8. — Rain! Rain! Rain!—Baboons River—Seahorse Kloof—We hunt the Hills on Horseback in spite of Rain—Floods and Accidents—Part from Hobson—Mail-Carts and Diamond-Diggers. — Letter 9. — Crossing the Great Fish River—Travelling at the Cape as it is to be—Grahamstown, her Early Struggles and Present Prosperity. — Letter 10. — Salem—A Peculiar Picnic—Polo under Difficulties—Lecturing and Singing—Sporting at Night. — Letter 11. — Algoa Bay—Kafirs on the Coast—Difficulties Regarding Servants. — Letter 12. — Port Elizabeth—Algoa Bay—Diamonds—Kafir Nobility. — Letter 13. — The “Cape Doctor”—The Capetown Mine—Mules, Literature, and Customs-Officials. — Letter 14. — Stellenbosch, etcetera.
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