The Settler and the Savage
by R. M. Ballantyne
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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
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Hunting -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21701
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21701
- Release Date
- June 6, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."The Settler and the Savage" — Chapter One. — The Wild Karroo. — Chapter Two. — Introduces a Cape Dutchman and his Family, and Shows the Uncertainty of Human Plans. — Chapter Three. — Describes the somewhat Curious Beginning of Settler-Life in South Africa. — Chapter Four. — Further Particulars of “Settlers’ Town,” and a Start made for the Promised Land. — Chapter Five. — Adventures and Incidents of the First Night in the “Bush”. — Chapter Six. — Spreading over the Land. — Chapter Seven. — The “Location.” — Chapter Eight. — Shows the Pleasures, Pains, and Penalties of Housekeeping in the Bush. — Chapter Nine. — Off to the Highlands and Black Snakes in the Bush. — Chapter Ten. — The Location on the River of Baboons. — Chapter Eleven. — Explorations and Hunting Experiences. — Chapter Twelve. — Gives some Account of a Great Lion-Hunt. — Chapter Thirteen. — Adventure with an Ostrich. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Bergenaars. — Chapter Fifteen. — Treats of the Zuurveld again, and one or two Surprising Incidents. — Chapter Sixteen. — The Great Floods of 1823. — Chapter Seventeen. — Treats of Hopes, Fears, and Prospects, besides describing a Peculiar Battle. — Chapter Eighteen. — Fairs, Fights, Free-Trade, Factions, and other Matters. — Chapter Nineteen. — Describes a Series of Early Risings. — Chapter Twenty. — Treats of the Delights, Dangers, and Distresses of the Wilderness. — Chapter Twenty One. — Treats of Matters too Numerous and Stirring to be briefly referred to. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Tells of Dark and Threatening Clouds, and War. — Chapter Twenty Three. — War. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Shows what befell a Trader and an Emigrant Band. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Treats of Various Strange Incidents, some Interesting Matters, and a Rescue. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Relates Incidents of the War and a Great Deliverance. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The Fate of the Paramount Chief of Kafirland. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Results of War. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — The Last. — The End.
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