. South Africa. The Second Conquest by the British . „ .185 CHAPTER XVII Old Cape Colony ...... 200 CHAPTER XVIII Slachters Nek ..... 213 CHAPTER XIX Kafir Wars . ..... 226 CHAPTER XX The 1820 Settlers . .... 236 CHAPTER XXI More Kafir Wars ...... 244 CHAPTER XXII The Great Trek ...... 264 xi THE ROMANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA CHAPTER XXIII PAGE Natal and the Zulus ...... 268 CHAPTER XXIV The Family Quarrel . ..... 284 CHAPTER XXV The Family Quarrel—continued .... 295 CHAPTER XXVI Conclusion . . • « .. 314 INDEX . 319 xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Landing of Van Riebeck . Barreto Fights the Kafirs Va
. South Africa. The Second Conquest by the British . „ .185 CHAPTER XVII Old Cape Colony ...... 200 CHAPTER XVIII Slachters Nek ..... 213 CHAPTER XIX Kafir Wars . ..... 226 CHAPTER XX The 1820 Settlers . .... 236 CHAPTER XXI More Kafir Wars ...... 244 CHAPTER XXII The Great Trek ...... 264 xi THE ROMANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA CHAPTER XXIII PAGE Natal and the Zulus ...... 268 CHAPTER XXIV The Family Quarrel . ..... 284 CHAPTER XXV The Family Quarrel—continued .... 295 CHAPTER XXVI Conclusion . . • « .. 314 INDEX . 319 xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Landing of Van Riebeck . Barreto Fights the Kafirs Van Riebeck Entertains the Hottentots A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men Simon Van der Stel and the Rhinoceros Huguenots Building their Homesteads . How Table Mountain got its Cloud The Coming of Sheik Joseph General Janssens at the Battle of Blaauwberg 1820 Settlers and their Boer Convoys . The Women Loaded the Empty Guns . The Voor-Trekkers Frontispiece3897106139153161170191239267290 ^ MAP. J W0 300 300 400 CHAPTER 1 THE LAND OF PRESTER JOHN If we would understand how South Africa came tobe discovered, we must go back a very long time—to the days before either England or Holland was apower on the sea. Every one has heard of ChristopherColumbus, and most people know the name of Vascoda Gama; but not so many, perhaps, realise thesprings of action that led these sailors to make theirgreat voyages, and some may be surprised to hear thatthe search for the road to the Indies was a move inthe great struggle between the Cross and the Crescent,and Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco da Gama were justas much Crusaders as Richard Cceur de Lion. In the middle of the fifteenth century Portugalwas engaged in a truceless war with the Moors ofNorth Africa. In this, the little country was onlytaking a part in the general war between Christiansand Mahomedans that was waged all along the Medi-terranean from east to west. Spain also took part init, and so did Genoa and Venice, and the Knights
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