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E. W. Phillips. Richard Galbraith, Mariner; Or, Life among the Kaffirs
Richard Galbraith, Mariner; Or, Life among the Kaffirs
Table of Contents
Chapter One
A Word about Myself and Home
Chapter Two
My Adventures Commence
Chapter Three
Companions in Trouble—A Surprise
Chapter Four
A Visit from a Native—The Mercy of Providence
Chapter Five
Jack again in Grief—The Kaffirs!—Captured
Chapter Six
Metilulu—I have Faint Hopes
Chapter Seven
An Interview with the Chief—Things Look Brighter
Chapter Eight
A Visit to the Cattle—A Koodoo Hunt—My Position is Rather Improved
Chapter Nine
A Kaffir Wedding—The Chief Metilulu Makes me a Present, which I Refuse
Chapter Ten
My Anxiety is Calmed for a While—Illness of the Chief’s Wife—Finding the Wizard
Chapter Eleven
The Fate of the Wizard—Skin Dressing—The New Wife
Chapter Twelve
The Elephant Hunt—My Mind Grows Easier
Chapter Thirteen
Unpleasant News—Death of Anzutu—Funereal Rites
Chapter Fourteen
A Talk about Marriage—Zenuta, my Servant—Kaffirs and Fish
Chapter Fifteen
A Lion Hunt—The War Party—We Hunt the Koodoo
Chapter Sixteen
Metilulu Reviews his Troops—I Assist at a Hopo Battue
Chapter Seventeen
Home Thoughts—The Drought and the Rain-Maker—I Receive Terrible News
Chapter Eighteen
I Prepare to Escape—I Leave the Kraal, but Quickly Return—The Enemy—The Kraal in Flames
Chapter Nineteen
Metilulu Expresses his Gratitude—His Revenge—The Lost Found
Chapter Twenty
We Go in Search of Mr Ferguson—Metilulu’s Reception of my Friends—Their Story
Chapter Twenty One
Staying a Kaffir Execution—I Ask Metilulu’s Permission to Leave—The Boomslange—The Chief’s Answer
Chapter Twenty Two
My Last Interview with Metilulu—Farewell to the Kraal—The Honey Guide—The Bush on Fire
Chapter Twenty Three
In Want of Water—The Honey Guide Plays me a Trick—How I am Saved—Zenuta
Chapter Twenty Four
Overtaken by a Storm—Poor Zenuta—We Start for Dear Old England—My Native Village
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E. W. Phillips
Published by Good Press, 2021
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In truth, I must have presented a strange figure, and despite our position, I could not help indulging in a laugh at Jack Thompson’s face of dismay at what he had been about to-do; but speedily checking it, I asked with much concern how he had been saved, and whether there were any others of the crew as fortunate as ourselves.
“Only one more that I know of,” replied Jack, “and that’s the young minister chap as was allus reading.”
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