ON THE EVE OF THE WAR A NARRATIVE OF IMPRESSIONS SEPTEMBER, 1899, TO JANUARY, 1900 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "TREKKING" DIFFICULTIES IN RHODESIA (from a Photograph by the Author) DUTCH FARM IN CAPE COLONY (from a Sketch by the Hon. Frontispiece To face p. 12 THE RAADSAAL, BLOEMFONTEIN (from a Photograph by the PRESIDENT KRUGER DRIVING AWAY FROM THE RAADSAAL, AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, PIETERMARITZBURG (from a Photo- THE MAIL COACH BETWEEN SALISBURY AND BULAWAYO (from a Photograph by the Author) ON THE ROAD BETWEEN UMTALI AND INYANGA, N.E. of "WASH-AWAY" ON THE BEIRA RAILWAY (from a Photograph MAP ILLUSTRATING THE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY The binding of this book was designed by the Hon. Margaret Amherst. |