ROGRAPHICAL MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA.
RAINFALL MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA.

CONTENTS

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PREFATORY CHAPTER vii

NOTE (1897) xlv

AREA AND POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COLONIES, REPUBLICS AND TERRITORIES
IN SOUTH AFRICA lv

DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA lvii

INTRODUCTION lix

PART I

_NATURE_

CHAPTER I

PHYSICAL FEATURES

THE COAST STRIP AND THE GREAT PLATEAU 4
MOUNTAIN-RANGES 6
CLIMATE 8
THE ABSENCE OF RIVERS 9

CHAPTER II

HEALTH

TEMPERATURE 12
DRYNESS OF THE AIR 13
MALARIAL FEVERS 13

CHAPTER III

WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR FATE

ORIGINAL ABUNDANCE OF WILD CREATURES 17
THEIR EXTINCTION: THE LION, ELEPHANT, AND RHINOCEROS 18
RECENT ATTEMPTS AT PROTECTION 22

CHAPTER IV

VEGETATION

CHARACTER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLORA 24
NATIVE AND IMPORTED TREES 26
CHANGES MADE BY MAN IN THE LANDSCAPE 32

CHAPTER V

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE VARIOUS POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE COUNTRY

CAPE COLONY 33
NATAL 35
GERMAN AND PORTUGUESE AFRICA 36
THE ORANGE FREE STATE AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC 38
BECHUANALAND AND THE TERRITORIES OF THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY 40

CHAPTER VI

NATURE AND HISTORY

INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ON THE SAVAGE RACES 44
SLOW PROGRESS OF EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT 45
LATER EXPLORATIONS ALONG THE INTERIOR PLATEAU 47

CHAPTER VII

ASPECTS OF SCENER