CHAPTER VI. Big Gambling--Von Schlichmann--Norman Garstin--the Painter of St.

Big gambling--Von Schlichmann--Norman Garstin--The painter of St. Michael's Mount--Start for the gold fields--"I am going to be hanged" Plentifulness of game--Snakes in an anthill--Nazareth--Game in the High Veld--Narrow escape from frost-bite--A shooting match--Lydenburg--Painful tramping--"Artful Joe"--Penalty for suicide--Pilgrim's Rest--Experiences of "a new chum"--Tent-making--Explorations--The Great Plateau--Prospect of the Low Country--Elands.