INDEX

A

• Aberdeen, Lord, 131
• Africander, 162
• Africander Bond, the, 401
• Agriculture, 433-435
• Animals, Wild, and their fate, 17-23
• Arabs, 99, 288
• Antelopes, 18
• Antiquities, 71, 74-82, 101 n, 229, 234-237, 247

B

• Baboons, 23
• Bantu Tribes, 45, 66-68
• Basutoland, 7, 25, 52, 319-342
• Basutos, 128, 130, 143, 319-342
• Beaconsfield, Lord, 156
• Beaufort West, 16, 195
• Bechuanaland, 14, 25, 29, 36, 40-42, 145, 165, 242
• Beira, 45, 182, 266
• Berea, 283
• Blacks and Whites, 345-369
• Bloemfontein, 47, 129, 132
• Boers, 18, 39, 47, 57, 107 and n, 115 et seq., 134 et seq., 155, 159, 453-457, 461-463, 469-474
• Brand (President) Sir John, 133
• British Government, 131, 132, 136 et seq.
• British South Africa Company, 15, 22, 41, 170, 173, 219, 280, 422-431
• British South Africa Company's territories, 15, 41, 268-380
• Buffalo River, 159
• Bulawayo, 15, 118, 181, 216-219
• Burgers (President), 153, 154
• Bushmen, 44, 61, 63-65, 107

C

• Caledon River, 144
• Cape Colony, 36, 51, 52, 110, 138, 139 et seq., 468 et seq.
• physical changes in, and material progress of, 134-142
• wild beasts in, 18, 21
• Cape of Good Hope, 46, 99
• Cape Town, 51, 112, 138, 179 et seq.
• appearance from the sea, 190-192
• Carnarvon, Lord, 148, 157
• Cathcart, Sir George, 333-335
• Cattle murrain, 142, 223, 273
• Cattle, sheep and goats, 436
• Cetewayo, 149, 158
• Chimoyo, 257-260
• Chipadzi, 247
• Churches, 388
• Climate, 7-9, 11-16, 45, 200, 233
• Coaches, 184
• Coal, 273
• Coalfields in Natal, 287, 442
• Colley, General Sir George, 159, 160, 292-294
• Colonial policy of England, 458 et seq.
• Colour question, the, 287 et seq., 348 et seq.
• Commerce, 467
• Confederation of South Africa, 473
• Constitution of Cape Colony, 135 et seq., 392-394
• Natal, 285, 392
• Orange Free State, 315-318
• the Transvaal, 358-360, 409 et seq.
• Conventions—
• Sand River, 1852, 130
• Bloemfontein, 1854, 132
• London, 1881, 160, 166, 479
• London, 1884, 166, 488
• Cricket, popularity of at the Cape, 384
• Crown Colonies, 379-391
• Customs Union, 285, 472

D

• Damaraland, 5, 36, 52, 170
• Delagoa Bay, 21, 86, 99, 117, 141, 146, 147, 173, 179 et seq., 281, 282, 467
• Dhlodhlo, 71, 74-82, 101 n, 229
• Diamond mines, 135, 144, 196-200, 438
• Diaz, Bartholomew, 46, 99
• Dingaan, 118 et seq., 159
• "Divide," or watershed, 5
• Durban, 16, 54, 119, 282-284
• Dutch, 38, 101 et seq., 114, 135 et seq., 150, 379 et seq.
• Dutch language, 382-384
• Dutch Reformed Church, 388

E

• Economic future of the country, 432-451
• Education, 387
• Elandsfontein, 296
• Elephants, 17 et seq.
• Europeans in South Africa till 1854, 95, 98-133, 134-176

F

• Fever, 13-15, 279
• Flora of South Africa, 24 et seq.
• Fontesvilla, 260, 261
• Forests, 26, 29
• Fort Victoria, 15, 235-237
• Salisbury, 15, 183, 239-243, 245
• Frere, Sir Bartle, 148-150, 158, 161 n
• Froude, Mr. T. A., 148

G

• Gama, Vasco da, 46, 96
• German East Africa, 22, 224
• German South-West Africa, 27, 36, 43 et seq.
• Giraffes, 20
• Gold Mines, 173, 213, 253, 254, 270-273 and n, 296-304, 438-442, 466
• Graham's Town, 21, 26
• Grass-fires, 230
• Grey, Sir George, 148
• Griqualand, East, 52
• Griqualand, West, 144, 145
• Griquas, 66, 144
• Grondwet, the, or "Fundamental Law" of the Transvaal, 357, 409
• Gwelo, 232-234

H

• Harbours, Saldanha Bay, 7
• Health, 11-16, 33-43, 269
• Heat, 7-10
• Hippopotamuses, 20
• Honey Bird, 256 n
• Horse-sickness, 249-252
• Hottentots, 45, 61 et seq., 110, 113, 140
• Huguenot, Immigrants, 104, 105

I

• Immigration, 135, 287
• Indians, 284, 288, 350
• Ingogo, 159
• Inyanga, 254, 273
• Iron, 442
• Irrigation, 434, 435
• Isandhlwana, 150

J

• Jameson, Dr., 202, 220, 223
• Johannesburg, 15, 174-176, 298-308, 405-431
• Journalism, 386
• Joubert, General, 159

K

• Kafirs, 38, 56, 66-69, 83-97, 108, 113, 120-122, 135, 137, 151, 155, 209-212, 221-225, 230, 246, 287, 303, 348 et seq., 361 et seq., 444-458, 464
• Kafir Wars, 26, 140 et seq.
• Kalahari Desert, 20 et seq., 42, 51.
• Karroo, the Great, 7, 16, 25, 34 et seq., 48, 55, 106, 195, 433-436
• Khama, 68, 124, 165, 207-212
• Kruger (President), S. J. P., 117, 155, 164, 166, 167, 309, 420 et seq.
• Kei River, 141
• Klip River, 159
• Kimberley, 16, 129, 144, 181, 196-201
• King William's Town, 26
• Krugersdorp, 159

L

• Labour, 443 et seq.
• Laing's Nek, 159, 160, 291
• Lake Ngami, 6
• Leopards, 17 et seq.
• Lerothodi, 322 et seq.
• Limpopo River, 9, 14, 20, 39
• Limpopo Valley, 42
• Lions, 18 et seq., 213
• Literature, 385, 386
• Livingstone, David, 47, 146, 153
• Lo Bengula, 20, 165, 170, 172, 173, 209, 216
• Lo Bengula's sister, 217 n
• Loch, Sir H., 414
• Locusts, 23, 229, 245, 252, 260
• Lourenço Marques, 146, 147 n, 281
• Lüderitz, Herr, 99, 168
• Lynxes, 22

M

• Maceo, the Cuban leader, 102 n
• Machacha, 325, 327, 329
• Mafeking, 28, 202, 203
• Majuba Hill, 159 and n, 160, 161-164, 292-294
• effects of the victory on public opinion at home and abroad, 161-164
• Makalanga, or Makalaka, 83, 216, 219 and n, 237, 238
• Malarial fever, 13
• precautions against, 14
• Mangwe Pass, 213-215
• Manicaland, 28 et seq., 52
• Maritzburg, 284, 290
• Mashonaland, 25, 42, 52, 70, 170, 220, 242
• resources and future of, 268-280
• Mashonas, 53, 172, 173
• Matabili, 53, 91, 94, 96, 118, 119, 172, 173, 216, 217, 222, 226, 235 et seq.
• Matabililand, 12, 15, 28, 53, 56, 220, 222-224, 242
• resources and future of, 268-280
• Matoppo Hills, 214, 227
• Minerals, 437 et seq.
• Missionaries, 113, 128, 129, 131, 136, 137, 340
• Missions, 370-378
• Modder River, 144
• Molteno, Mr., 147 n
• Mombasa, 99
• Montsioa, 203
• Moshesh, 68, 123-125, 129, 143
• Mossel Bay, 179
• Mosilikatze, 118
• Mtali, 226, 251-254
• Mulattoes, 101
• Mzila, 255

N

• Namaqualand, 27, 36, 169
• Natal, 14, 25, 35 et seq., 52, 119-123, 134 et seq., 144, 149, 179, 286, 287, 467, 469
• National Union formed by the Uitlanders, 413
• Nature, influence of, on South African history, 44 et seq.
• Newcastle, Duke of, 131
• Nixon, Mr. John, 155 n
• Nyassaland, 268

O

• Orange Free State, 26, 38, 52, 133, 134 et seq., 143, 144, 145, 148, 162, 311-318, 469, 471, 472
• Orange River Sovereignty, 129, 131, 132, 144
• Orange River, 9, 34 et seq., 119, 123, 140, 145
• Ostriches, 21, 27, 135, 436
• Oudzi River and Waterfall, 250, 251
• Ox-Waggon, 182-186, 203-208, 226, 231

P

• Palapshwye, 207, 210, 211
• Panda, 149, 165
• Philip, Dr., 128, 129
• Phillips, Lionel, 417 n
• Physical features, 2-10, 33-35, 433
• Pietermaritzburg, 36, 284, 290
• Pitsani, 204, 220, 223
• Pitso, Basuto National Assembly, 88 and n, 338
• Plateau, great interior, 5-7, 15, 27, 48, 101
• Politics, Natal, 286, 287
• Politics in the two British Colonies, 392-404
• Population, mixed state of the, 395
• Portuguese, 20, 36, 99 et seq., 171, 256-258
• Portuguese Territory, 20, 37 et seq., 171, 243, 255-258
• Pretoria, 47, 160, 398-340
• Pretorius, Andries, 129, 130
• Pretorius, M. W., 152, 158
• Pungwe river, 261-266

Q

• Quagga, 18
• Quathlamba Mountain Range, 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 37, 39, 52, 116

R

• Race Problem, the, 345-369, 453 et seq., 469-473
• Race question, the, 345-369, 399
• Railways, 180 et seq., 258-262
• Ranching, 440
• Religious bodies, 354, 372-375, 388
• census of, 389
• Riebeck, Jan van, 103
• Rising (Raid) at Johannesburg, 174-176
• Rhinoceros, 20 et seq.
• Rivers—
• Orange, 9, 34 et seq., 45, 123, 140
• Limpopo, 9, 14, 20, 39, 100, 118, 119, 123, 209
• Notwani, 14, 209
• Congo, 14
• Zambesi, 19, 37, 41, 52, 102, 156
• Tugela, 47, 159
• Great Fish, 99, 108, 113
• Keiskama, 113
• Kei, 141
• Klip, 159
• Pungwe, 261-266
• Rhodes, Cecil, 170, 175-196, 197, 236, 418
• Rhodesia, 278
• Government and administration of settled by Order in Council, 278