First edition. Folding map & 38 plates from sketches by the author. 8vo. Very good original pictorial cloth, gilt. xix, 265, [2], 32ads.pp. London, 1895.
Although the reader might associate such a lengthy journey by waggon with poverty and hardship, Alice Balfour’s trip was in fact taken purely for pleasure. She travelled from the Cape to Mashonaland in a party of four in two purpose built wagons with sundry conveniences to hand. Robinson (Wayward Women), p80.
