The Settler and the Savage

The Settler and the Savage

R. M. Ballantyne, scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- The Wild Karroo

-03- Introduces a Cape Dutchman and his Family

-04- Describes the somewhat Curious Beginning of Settler-Life in South Africa

-05- Further Particulars of Settlers’ Town

-06- Adventures and Incidents of the First Night in the Bush

-07- Spreading over the Land

-08- The Location

-09- Shows the Pleasures, Pains, and Penalties of Housekeeping in the Bush

-10- Off to the Highlands and Black Snakes in the Bush

-11- The Location on the River of Baboons

-12- Explorations and Hunting Experiences

-13- Gives some Account of a Great Lion-Hunt

-14- Adventure with an Ostrich

-15- The Bergenaars

-16- Treats of the Zuurveld

-17- The Great Floods of 1823

-18- Treats of Hopes, Fears, and Prospects

-19- Fairs, Fights, Free-Trade, Factions, and other Matters

-20- Describes a Series of Early Risings

-21- Treats of the Delights, Dangers, and Distresses of the Wilderness

-22- Treats of Matters too Numerous and Stirring

-23- Tells of Dark and Threatening Clouds, and War

-24- War

-25- Shows what befell a Trader and an Emigrant Band

-26- Treats of Various Strange Incidents

-27- Relates Incidents of the War and a Great Deliverance

-28- The Fate of the Paramount Chief of Kafirland

-29- The Results of War

-30- The Last