Chapter XX: WAR!--VIOLATION OF BRITISH TERRITORY AT NAKOB--THE END pp. 324-334

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE AUTHOR AT NAKOB, READY FOR A LONG TRIP _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

“BABYING” FOR DIAMONDS 8

SEALERS AT OLIFANTS ROCKS 20

TAKING THE HORSES ACROSS OLIFANTS RIVER 20

PROSPECTING PARTY NEARING THE MOUNTAIN OF RICHTERSFELDT,
NAMAQUALAND 26

DRIFTWOOD ON THE DESOLATE BEACH NEAR CAPE VOLTAS 26

THE TERRIBLE DESOLATION OF BARREN, RIVEN ROCK
BELOW THE GREAT FALLS 36

T’SAMMA IN THE DUNES 52

IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI 52

A FLOWER OF THE DESERT, SOUTHERN KALAHARI 68

THE CAMEL POST AT ZWARTMODDER, GORDONIA 68

A BEAUTIFUL GORGE OF THE ORANGE RIVER (NEAR
“AUSENKEHR”) 84

GRANITE RANGE BEHIND KUBOOS, RICHTERSFELDT 94

ENTRANCE TO A BAD PASS, RICHTERSFELDT 94

FEEDING THE HUNGRY AT THE STEINKOPF NATIVE MISSION
STATION, LITTLE NAMAQUALAND 100

HARD PULLING IN THE HALGHAT RIVER KLEIN, NAMAQUALAND 100

“KOKER-BOOMEN” (_ALOE DICHOTOMA_), RICHTERSFELDT
MOUNTAINS 112

A MOUNTAIN OF LACMATITI NEAR ZENDLING’S DRIFT,
RICHTERSFELDT 112

THE DEEP GORGE, 500 FEET OR MORE IN DEPTH, IN
WHICH THE ORANGE RIVER IS PENNED BELOW THE
GREAT FALLS 132

LAUNCH OF THE “OUTRIGGER” 168

“OUTRIGGER” ON WHICH WE CROSSED TO THE GERMAN
POST AT ZENDLING’S DRIFT 168

HOTTENTOT REFUGEES FROM THE GERMANS AT MOUTH
OF THE MOLOPO, ORANGE RIVER 192

INTERNATIONAL BEACON IN THE BAK RIVER, BORDER OF
GERMAN SOUTH-WEST 192

THE MAIN FALL, GREAT FALLS OF THE ORANGE 202

DUMPED WITH MY BELONGINGS IN THE DESERT WHILST
THE OXEN WERE DRIVEN ON TO SAVE THEM FROM
DYING OF THIRST 218

PACKING THE CART FOR THE JOURNEY 218

“OLD GERT” 230

“CANDELABRA EUPHORBIA” 230

ON THE GREAT SALT PAN, IN THE CENTRE OF THE
SOUTHERN KALAHARI DESERT 242

ON THE GREAT SALT PAN, SOUTHERN KALAHARI 254

BUSHMAN AT BOOMPLAATS, SOUTHERN KALAHARI 282

TEACHING CAMELS TO EAT T’SAMMA 282

THE HUGE NESTS OF THE “SOCIAL BIRDS” 288

WASHING FOR DIAMONDS AT THE BASE OF THE ESCARPMENT
AT NAKOB 300

A BREAKDOWN ON THE ROAD FROM PRIESKA 300

AN INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY BEACON BETWEEN
GERMAN (LATE) SOUTH-WEST AFRICA TERRITORY
AND BRITISH (GORDONIA) 316

GRANITE MONOLITH AT “LANGKLEP” 328

WATER-PITS IN THE DRY MOLOPO AT NAKOB 328

THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING