A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari

and Other Tales of South-West Africa

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English · 1915 · 7h 16m · Culture & Heritage, Single Author Collections

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A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)

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Preface 6:29 Read by Leanne Fortune
Introductory 10:36 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Blue Diamond 15:34 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dead Men in the Dunes 19:07 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Sand-Storm 17:59 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Pans and the Poison Flowers - Part 1 15:28 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Pans and the Poison Flowers - Part 2 15:32 Read by Leanne Fortune
I Lose Inyati - Part 1 14:55 Read by Leanne Fortune
I Lose Inyati - Part 2 8:38 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Crater and the Pleasant Berries Sleep and the Awakening - Part 1 15:39 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Crater and the Pleasant Berries Sleep and the Awakening - Part 2 14:06 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Country of Craters, the Path of Skulls and the Snake - Part 1 11:42 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Country of Craters, the Path of Skulls and the Snake - Part 2 11:14 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Cataclysm The Priestess "Look and Forget" 19:20 Read by Leanne Fortune
Forty Years! The Awakening - Part 1 11:27 Read by Leanne Fortune
Forty Years! The Awakening - Part 2 7:42 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Salting of the Great North-Eastern Fields, being an episode in the life of Dick Sydney, Prospector - Chapter 1 11:40 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 2 9:49 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 3 - Part 1 14:03 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 3 - Part 2 15:06 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 4 - Part 1 15:38 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 4 - Part 2 12:26 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 5 - Part 1 21:13 Read by Leanne Fortune
Dick Sydney - Chapter 5 - Part 2 7:22 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Follower - Part 1 13:10 Read by Leanne Fortune
The Follower - Part 2 8:06 Read by MamaPhish
The Proof 26:30 Read by docdlmartin
"Bushman's Paradise" 28:37 Read by docdlmartin
"The Drink of the Dead" A Legend of Bushmanland 22:59 Read by Gpolum
The Waters of Erongo 14:12 Read by lcollin