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THE AFRICAN COLONY
STUDIES IN THE RECONSTRUCTION
BY
JOHN BUCHAN
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MCMIII
TO THE
HONOURABLE
HUGH ARCHIBALD WYNDHAM,
IN MEMORY OF
OUR AFRICAN HOUSEKEEPING.
“The greatest honour that ever belonged to the greatestMonarkes was the inlarging their Dominions, and erectingCommonweales.”—Captain John Smith.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| INTRODUCTORY | ix | |
| PART I. | ||
| THE EARLIER MASTERS. | ||
| CHAP. | ||
| I. | PRIMITIVE SOUTH AFRICA | 3 |
| II. | THE GENTLEMEN-ADVENTURERS | 18 |
| III. | THE GREAT TREK | 33 |
| IV. | THE BOER IN SPORT | 49 |
| V. | THE BOER IN ALL SERIOUSNESS | 58 |
| PART II. | ||
| NOTES OF TRAVEL. | ||
| VI. | EVENING ON THE HIGH VELD | 79 |
| VII. | IN THE TRACKS OF WAR | 93 |
| VIII. | THE WOOD BUSH | 113 |
| IX. | ON THE EASTERN VELD | 129 |
| X. | THE GREAT NORTH ROAD | 146 |
| XI. | THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICAN SPORT | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |