In Search of South Africa

About this book

"This book describes a first visit to the Union of South Africa and a journey from Cape Town, through the Cape Town, through the Cape Province into Natal, Zululand and the two northern provinces of the Free State and the Transvaal. H. V. Morton describes life in town and country, the native territories, the game reserves, and ends his tour with a visit to the Victoria Falls in Southern Rhodesia." Contents Include: I Fly to South Africa in Thirty Six Hours - In Which I See the Original Diary of Van Riebeeck - I Go to the Town of Stellenbosch and the Fruit Country of the Drakenstein Valley and Paarl - In Which I Leave Cape Town for the East, Visit Caledon and Swellendam, Where I Find a Scotsman - I Go to Port Elizabeth - In Which I Travel Through Ciskei and Transkei, Where I See the Native With His Flocks and Herds - I Go to Durban, Hear of Dick King's Famous Ride - In Which I Leave Natal for the Palins of the Orange Free State - I See Diamonds at Kimberley and Go On to the Vaal River Diggings, Where Fortune Hunters are at Work - I See Johannesburg and its Mines and Pretoria