| Page |
| 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 |
| [Pg xlviii]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 SCENERY |
| Dryness and Monotony of South African Landscape | 50 |
| Striking Pieces of Scenery: Basutoland, Manicaland | 51 |
| Peculiar Charm of South Africa: Colour and Solitude | 53 |
| Influence of Scenery on Character | 57 |
| PART II |
| HISTORY |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| THE NATIVES: HOTTENTOTS, BUSHMEN, AND KAFIRS |
| The Aborigines: Bushmen and Hottentots | 63 |
| The Bantu or Kafir Tribes | 67 |
| CHAPTER IX |
| OUT OF THE DARKNESS—ZIMBABWYE |
| Ancient Walls in Matabililand and Mashonaland | 389 |
| CHAPTER XXIV |
| POLITICS IN THE BRITISH COLONIES |
| The Frame of Colonial Government | 392 |
| Absence of Some Familiar Political Issues | 396 |
| Real Issues: Race and Colour Questions | 399 |
| General Character of Cape Politics | 400 |
| CHAPTER XXV |
| THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE TRANSVAAL IN 1895 |
| The Old Boers and the New Immigrants | 405 |
| Constitution and Government of the Republic | 409 |
| Uitlander Discontent: the National Reform Union | 413 |
| The Capitalists: Preparations for a Revolution | 416 |
| President Kruger and His Policy | 420 |
| The Chances for the Movement: Causes of its Failure | 424 |
| CHAPTER XXVI |
| ECONOMIC PROSPECTS |
| Material Resources: Tillage and Pasture | 433 |
| Minerals: the Gold-fields and their Duration | 437 |
| Will Manufactures be Developed? | 442 |
| South Africa as a Market for Goods | 446 |
| Future Population: its Increase and Character | 447 |
| CHAPTER XXVII |
| REFLECTIONS AND FORECASTS |
| Sources of the Troubles of South Africa | 453 |
| The Friction of Dutch and English: and its Causes | 454 |
| British Policy in its Earlier and Later Phases | 458 |
| Future Relations of the European and Native Races | 463 |
| International Position of South Africa | 467 |
| The Future Relations of Boers and Englishmen | 469 |
| Prospects of South African Confederation | 472 |
| South Africa and Britain | 474 |
| APPENDIX |
| The Transvaal Convention of 1881 | 479 |
| The Transvaal Convention of 1884 | 488 |
| INDEX | 495 |
