Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer
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Drayson Alfred Wilks. Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer
Preface
Chapter One. Introduction to the Hunters – Death of the Lion – Discovery of the Elephants by Hans Sterk
Chapter Two. Following the Elephants – Cutting out the tusks – Hunting the herd of Elephants
Chapter Three. The Bull Elephant – The Charge of the Elephants – Counting the Spoils
Chapter Four. Seeking the Dead Elephants – Ambuscade of the Matabili Warriors – Escape of Hans Sterk and his Party – Battle with the Matabili – The Slaughter of Siedenberg
Chapter Five. Commando against the Matabili and Moselekatse, the Chief of the Matabili
Chapter Six. Hans determines to follow Katrine – He journeys by Night – Hans watches the Enemy
Chapter Seven. Expedition of the Matabili – Hans telegraphs to Katrine, and receives his Answer
Chapter Eight. The attempted Rescue – Hans outwitted and captured by the Matabili
Chapter Nine. Hans Sterk becomes a Prisoner with his Companions – Finds an unexpected Ally – Plots an Escape
Chapter Ten. The Prisoners are free – The Pursuit – The Horses sick – The Ride for Life – The Concealment
Chapter Eleven. Night in the Wilderness – The Lions roar – The Savage outwitted by a Lion – The Party take up a good position
Chapter Twelve. Preparations for a Siege – The Rock and Caves – Wild Bees and Rock Rabbits – The Baboons – The Night Watch
Chapter Thirteen. The Matabili appear, and follow the spoor of Hans’ party – The Discovery – The Attack – The Repulse of the Savages
Chapter Fourteen. The Fortification – Waiting Relief – Fight to the Last – Fresh Weapons – The Maidens keep watch – The Savages’ Night Attack – Their Defeat – The Battle – New Allies – The Poisoned Arrows – More of the Enemy arrive
Chapter Fifteen. Bernhard’s Journey – His Success – To the Rescue
Chapter Sixteen. The Fight for Life – Grand Attack of the Matabili – Help arrives – The Meeting of Old Friends – Retreat from the Stronghold
Chapter Seventeen. The Boers’ Camp – The Plans for the Future – Off to Natal – Treaty with the Zulu Chief – His Treachery – Slaughter of the Boers – The Defence of the Boers
Chapter Eighteen. The Boers advance towards Zulu Land – Their Battle with the Zulus – Hans’ Danger – Lost – The Artifice – The Race for Life
Chapter Nineteen. Unexpected Meeting – Hans tells his Story – The Ambuscade – Greek meets Greek in War – The Country near Natal – The News – The solitary Hunt in the Bush
Chapter Twenty. The Emigrants collect their Forces – Battle with Dingaan, the Zulu Chief – Formation of the Natal Settlement – The Treachery of the Zulu Chief – Brother against Brother
Chapter Twenty One. A Hunting Trip – Round the Bivouac Fire – The Hunter’s Tale – Carried off by a Lion – The Shooting Laws in the Desert – The Ophir of Scripture – Baboons hunting a Leopard – The Natal Rock Snake
Chapter Twenty Two. Elephants found – The Hunt – The Evening at the Camp – An Elephant Adventure – Encounter with a Kaffir Spy – More Elephants – Strange Men – Hans made Prisoner
Chapter Twenty Three. Hans carried away – His Fellow-prisoners – Slavery – Thoughts of Escape – Carried off to Sea – The Voyage – Pursued – The Chase – The Night Battle – The Repulse – The Capture
Chapter Twenty Four. Off to Simon’s Bay – Mutiny of the Slaves – Their Repulse – Ship on Fire – The black Demons – The Zulus’ Escape – The Vessel sinks
Chapter Twenty Five. Off in the Boats – The Storm – A fair Wind – A Council – They Steer for Islands – Land
Chapter Twenty Six. Game found on the Islands – Want of Water – Water at Last – Sea-lions – Fish and Eggs – A Ship – Rescued and Carried to Simon’s Bay – The Traveller among the Cockneys
Chapter Twenty Seven. Hans tires of the Towns – Reaches the Wilderness – Adventures with Wild Beasts – Meets his old Companions, and starts for his old Haunts
Appendix
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Near the outskirts of a far-extending African forest, and close beside some deep shady-pools, the only remnants of a once rapidly flowing river, were seen one glowing summer’s evening, shortly after sunset, a party of some ten men; bronzed workmen-like fellows they were too, their dress and equipment proclaiming them hunters of the first class. This party were reclining on the turf, smoking, or giving the finishing touch to their rifles and smooth-bore guns, which they had been engaged in cleaning. Among this party there were two black men, fine, stalwart-looking fellows, whose calm demeanour and bright steady gazing eyes, proclaimed them men of nerve and energy. One tiny yellow man, a Hottentot, was remarkable among the group on account of his smallness, as he stood scarcely more than five feet in height, whereas all his companions were tall heavy men. A fire was brightly blazing, and several small tin vessels on this fire were steaming as their contents hissed and bubbled. The white men who composed this party were Dutch South African Boers, who were making an excursion into the favourite feeding-grounds of the Elephant, in order to supply themselves with ivory, this valuable commodity being to them a source of considerable wealth.
“It will soon be very dark,” exclaimed Bernhard, one of the Boers, “and Hans will have difficulty in finding our lager; I will go on to the headland and shoot.”
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“Few men like to walk about among bushes and krantzes when man-eating lions are on the look-out, and the sun has set for two hours,” replied Hans.
“Was there nothing else that kept you?” inquired Bernhard. “You left us all of a sudden.”
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