Native Life on the Transvaal Border

Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1900. 1st edition. Very good card covers. Internally fine. Oblong Octavo. 64pp. Chief's seal on cover. Binding with light wear along edges and rubbed,

Travelogue of a journey through the Bechuanaland Protectorate (today's Botswana), chiefly of the part Khama (Khama III; 1837-1923, referred to as Khama the Good) governed at the time.

It describes the scenery, the people, the homes of the people, the native government, "women's and men's Work," the native churches, native education and is illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of striking photographs illustrating each chapter. The final two chapters elaborate on European life in "Khama's Town" and life in Bechuanaland after the invention of the telegraph and the building of railways, also with b/w photographs.