BOOK I

CHAP. PAGE

I. A DEATH-BED SCENE 1

II. BOYHOOD 3

III. A CONTROVERSY 4

IV. INDEPENDENCE GAINED ONCE MORE--YOUTHFUL PATRIOTISM 5

V. YOUTHFUL PRANKS 11

VI. A CHARACTER SKETCH OF OUR HERO 15

VII. THOUGHTS AND FLOWERS 17

VIII. STEP-CHILDREN 18

IX. FAVOURITE HEROES 21

X. OUT OF SCHOOL 22

XI. HOPES 23

XII. THE TRANSVAAL IN PROSPECTIVE 24

XIII. THE NESTLING PREPARING FOR FLIGHT 26

XIV. COUSINS 28

XV. THE RISING GENERATION 29

XVI. THE APRON STRINGS CUT 30

XVII. FIRST VIEW OF JOHANNESBURG 32

XVIII. PRETORIA AND ITS LIFE 38

XIX. A DEBATE 42

XX. A HUNTING WE GO 46

XXI. A BOER AND HIS FAMILY 48

XXII. A TALK ON BEES 51

XXIII. GOOD SHOTS 54

XXIV. ANOTHER TRY 58

XXV. A TERRIBLE THUNDER STORM 61

XXVI. ’TIS THE WILL OF GOD 65

XXVII. A DANGEROUS FORD 66

XXVIII. A CHANGE OF ROUTE 73

XXIX. THE BUSH VELD 76

XXX. ANECDOTES 78

XXXI. LION STORIES 84

XXXII. DANGERS OF THE CHASE 86

XXXIII. SCHRIKRIGHIED 93

XXXIV. STUCK IN THE MUD 98