CONTENTS

CHAPTER. PAGE
I. THE LAND 13
II. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 37
III. THE FLORA OF THE COUNTRY 53
IV. THE FAUNA OF THE COUNTRY 71
V. THE EARLY DAYS 89
VI. THE LATER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 113
VII. THE GERMAN OCCUPATION 133
VIII. THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY 157
IX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY 173
X. THE DIAMOND FIELDS 197
XI. THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY 225