Mabotsa Station -- A Lion Encounter -- Virus of the Teeth of Lions -- Names of the Bechuana Tribes -- Sechele -- His Ancestors -- Obtains the Chieftainship -- His Marriage and Government -- The Kotla -- First public Religious Services -- Sechele's Questions -- He Learns to Read -- Novel mode for Converting his Tribe -- Surprise at their Indifference -- Polygamy -- Baptism of Sechele -- Opposition of the Natives -- Purchase Land at Chonuane -- Relations with the People -- Their Intelligence -- Prolonged Drought -- Consequent Trials -- Rain-medicine -- God's Word blamed -- Native Reasoning -- Rain-maker -- Dispute between Rain Doctor and Medical Doctor -- The Hunting Hopo -- Salt or animal Food a necessary of Life -- Duties of a Missionary.
Chapter 2.
The Boers -- Their Treatment of the Natives -- Seizure of native Children for Slaves -- English Traders -- Alarm of the Boers -- Native Espionage -- The Tale of the Cannon -- The Boers threaten Sechele -- In violation of Treaty, they stop English Traders and expel Missionaries -- They attack the Bakwains -- Their Mode of Fighting -- The Natives killed and the School-children carried into Slavery -- Destruction of English Property -- African Housebuilding and Housekeeping -- Mode of Spending the Day -- Scarcity of Food -- Locusts -- Edible Frogs -- Scavenger Beetle -- Continued Hostility of the Boers -- The Journey north -- Preparations -- Fellow-travelers -- The Kalahari Desert -- Vegetation -- Watermelons -- The Inhabitants -- The Bushmen -- Their nomad Mode of Life -- Appearance -- The Bakalahari -- Their Love for Agriculture and for domestic Animals -- Timid Character -- Mode of obtaining Water -- Female Water-suckers -- The Desert -- Water hidden.
Chapter 3.
Departure from Kolobeng, 1st June, 1849 -- Companions -- Our Route -- Abundance of Grass -- Serotli, a Fountain in the Desert -- Mode of digging Wells -- The Eland -- Animals of the Desert -- The Hyaena -- The Chief Sekomi -- Dangers -- The wandering Guide -- Cross Purposes -- Slow Progress -- Want of Water -- Capture of a Bushwoman -- The Salt-pan at Nchokotsa -- The Mirage -- Reach the River Zouga -- The Quakers of Africa -- Discovery of Lake Ngami, 1st August, 1849 -- Its Extent -- Small Depth of Water -- Position as the Reservoir of a great River System -- The Bamangwato and their Chief -- Desire to visit Sebituane, the Chief of the Makololo -- Refusal of Lechulatebe to furnish us with Guides -- Resolve to return to the Cape -- The Banks of the Zouga -- Pitfalls -- Trees of the District -- Elephants -- New Species of Antelope -- Fish in the Zouga.
Chapter 4.
Leave Kolobeng again for the Country of Sebituane -- Reach the Zouga -- The Tsetse -- A Party of Englishmen -- Death of Mr. Rider -- Obtain Guides -- Children fall sick with Fever -- Relinquish the Attempt to reach Sebituane -- Mr. Oswell's Elephant-hunting -- Return to Kolobeng -- Make a third Start thence -- Reach Nchokotsa -- Salt-pans -- "Links", or Springs -- Bushmen -- Our Guide Shobo -- The Banajoa -- An ugly Chief -- The Tsetse -- Bite fatal to domestic Animals, but harmless to wild Animals and Man -- Operation of the Poison -- Losses caused by it -- The Makololo -- Our Meeting with Sebituane -- Sketch of his Career -- His Courage and Conquests -- Manoeuvres of the Batoka -- He outwits them -- His Wars with the Matebele -- Predictions of a native Prophet -- Successes of the Makololo -- Renewed Attacks of the Matebele -- The Island of Loyelo -- Defeat of the Matebele -- Sebituane's Policy -- His Kindness to Strangers and to the Poor -- His sudden Illness and Death -- Succeeded by his Daughter -- Her Friendliness to us -- Discovery, in June, 1851, of the Zambesi flowing in the Centre of the Continent -- Its Size -- The Mambari -- The Slave-trade -- Determine to send Family to England -- Return to the Cape in April, 1852 -- Safe Transit through the Caffre Country during Hostilities -- Need of a "Special Correspondent" -- Kindness of the London Missionary Society -- Assistance afforded by the Astronomer Royal at the Cape.
Chapter 5.
Start in June, 1852, on the last and longest Journey from Cape Town -- Companions -- Wagon-traveling -- Physical Divisions of Africa -- The Eastern, Central, and Western Zones -- The Kalahari Desert -- Its Vegetation -- Increasing Value of the Interior for Colonization -- Our Route -- Dutch Boers -- Their Habits -- Sterile Appearance of the District -- Failure of Grass -- Succeeded by other Plants -- Vines -- Animals -- The Boers as Farmers -- Migration of Springbucks -- Wariness of
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