The Transvaal of Today - War, Witchcraft, Sport and Spoils in South Africa (Hardcover)

An intelligent account, by the prominent Aylward, commandant, Transvaal Republic and Captain, Late Lydenberg Volunteer Corps, of the existing political and social situation and the rebellion which broke out in Transvaal. Contents: History of the Boers; The Boer of Today; First Secocoeni War; Lydenberg Volunteer Corps.; The Lydenberg Volunteer Corps at the Gold Fields; The Lydenberg Volunteer Corps Again-1877; Transvaal Resources; Wild and Hostile Kafirs; Secocoeni; Our Tame Kafirs; Our Superstitions; Our Sports and Travels; Blundering; Plundering; Stirring Events-Sir Theophilus and How He Did It; Distinguished Visitors; Second or Present War; Fights and Failures; Today in the Transvaal; and The Key to the Future.