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Lodges in the Wilderness
William Charles Scully
In the Bushmanland desert of South Africa, William Scully finds the koeker-boom tree, the sand-grouse at the waterhole, and the mirage shimmering over baking sand. His pages capture the strange beauty of a land most travelers flee, from night camps to blazing noon. Evocative desert writing from a keen observer. Cross the thirstland with a poet's eye.
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29 chapters
- 1William Charles Scully "Lodges in the Wilderness"
- 2Chapter One.
- 3The Bushmanland Desert—Its Nature and Extent—Desert Travelling—The “Toa.”
- 4Chapter Two.
- 5Andries Esterhuizen—Silverfontein—The Koeker-Boom—Gamoep—Sand-Grouse—Our Horses—Kanxas—Night in the Desert—Dawn—Heat—The Mirage—Bantom Berg—The Dune-Monster—The Flight of the Oxen.
- 6Chapter Three.
- 7The Search for Meat—Death of the Oryx—The Flank of the Dune—Outwitting a Jackal—Hendrick, My Guardian—Thirst—The Distant Rain—Typhon—The Southern Simoom.
- 8Chapter Four.
- 9A Walk in the Darkness—Dreams of a Morning—The Scherm—The Slaying of the Ostrich.
- 10Chapter Five.
- 11The Kanya—The Spell of the Desert—My Horse—The Terror of Noon—Execution of a Marauder.
- 12Chapter Six.
- 13Homeward Bound—Faces around the Fire—The Bushmen—Piet Noona and the Snake—The Love of the Desert—My Prehistoric Uncle and Aunt—Scruples—The Hunter’s Instinct.
- 14Chapter Seven.
- 15The Springbuck Drive—The Bushman Caves—Return to Gamoep.
- 16Chapter Eight.
- 17The Summer Clouds—News of Rain—Start for Pella—The Vedic Hymns—Digging for Water—Arrival at Pella—Terrible Heat—The Tribe—Aquinas in the Wilderness—The Mission—The River Gorge—The Tarantula Invasion.
- 18Chapter Nine.
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