A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
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- A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI AND OTHER TALES OF SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
- A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI AND OTHER TALES OF SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
- CAPETOWN: T. MASKEW MILLER LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD.
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI INTRODUCTORY I - THE BLUE DIAMOND II - DEAD MEN IN THE DUNES III - THE SAND-STORM IV - THE PANS AND THE POISON FLOWERS V - I LOSE INYATI VI - THE CRATER THE PLEASANT BERRIES SLEEP AND THE AWAKENING VII - THE COUNTRY OF CRATERS, THE PATH OF SKULLS, AND THE SNAKE VIII - THE CATACLYSM THE PRIESTESS "LOOK AND FORGET" IX - FORTY YEARS! THE AWAKENING THE SALTING OF THE GREAT NORTH-EASTERN FIELDS, BEING AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF DICK SYDNEY, PROSPECTOR CHAPTER I II III IV V THE FOLLOWER THE PROOF "BUSHMAN'S PARADISE" "THE DRINK OF THE DEAD" THE WATERS OF ERONGO
- PREFACE
- A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI INTRODUCTORY
- A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI CHAPTER I THE BLUE DIAMOND
- CHAPTER II DEAD MEN IN THE DUNES
- CHAPTER III THE SAND-STORM
- CHAPTER IV THE PANS AND THE POISON FLOWERS
- CHAPTER V I LOSE INYATI
- CHAPTER VI THE CRATER THE PLEASANT BERRIES SLEEP AND THE AWAKENING
- CHAPTER VII THE COUNTRY OF CRATERS, THE PATH OF SKULLS, AND THE SNAKE
- CHAPTER VIII THE CATACLYSM THE PRIESTESS "LOOK AND FORGET"
- CHAPTER IX FORTY YEARS! THE AWAKENING
- THE SALTING OF THE GREAT NORTH-EASTERN FIELDS THE SALTING OF THE GREAT NORTH-EASTERN FIELDS CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- THE FOLLOWER
- THE PROOF
- BUSHMAN'S PARADISE
- "THE DRINK OF THE DEAD"
- THE WATERS OF ERONGO
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