Lodges in the Wilderness
by W. C. Scully
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Chapters (29)(click to expand)
- William Charles Scully "Lodges in the Wilderness"
- Chapter One.
- The Bushmanland Desert—Its Nature and Extent—Desert Travelling—The “Toa.”
- Chapter Two.
- Andries Esterhuizen—Silverfontein—The Koeker-Boom—Gamoep—Sand-Grouse—Our Horses—Kanxas—Night in the Desert—Dawn—Heat—The Mirage—Bantom Berg—The Dune-Monster—The Flight of the Oxen.
- Chapter Three.
- The Search for Meat—Death of the Oryx—The Flank of the Dune—Outwitting a Jackal—Hendrick, My Guardian—Thirst—The Distant Rain—Typhon—The Southern Simoom.
- Chapter Four.
- A Walk in the Darkness—Dreams of a Morning—The Scherm—The Slaying of the Ostrich.
- Chapter Five.
- The Kanya—The Spell of the Desert—My Horse—The Terror of Noon—Execution of a Marauder.
- Chapter Six.
- Homeward Bound—Faces around the Fire—The Bushmen—Piet Noona and the Snake—The Love of the Desert—My Prehistoric Uncle and Aunt—Scruples—The Hunter’s Instinct.
- Chapter Seven.
- The Springbuck Drive—The Bushman Caves—Return to Gamoep.
- Chapter Eight.
- The Summer Clouds—News of Rain—Start for Pella—The Vedic Hymns—Digging for Water—Arrival at Pella—Terrible Heat—The Tribe—Aquinas in the Wilderness—The Mission—The River Gorge—The Tarantula Invasion.
- Chapter Nine.
- Morning in the Gorge—Departure from Pella—Journey to Brabies—Protection of the Oryx—Its Peculiarities—Antelopes of the Desert and the Forest—Camping at Brabies.
- Chapter Ten.
- The Oryx Hunt—Terrible Thirst—Prehistoric Weapons.
- Chapter Eleven.
- The Richtersveld—Kuboos—The Vicar of Wakefield Redivivus—Gold-Seeking—The Raad—Morbid Sensibility—Start for El Dorado.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Expedition to the River—Flora and Fauna—The Pneumoras—Abnormal Springbuck—The Sea-Fog—Wild Horses—Fauna and Bimini.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Kamiebies—The Blossoming Wilderness—The Ostrich Poachers—Hail Storms—The Springbuck behind the Dune—How Andries found me.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- L’Envoi.
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