Numerous examples of taxidermy, skins and furs.]]> Trees in the foreground.]]> A man leans against the Hoodoo to the left of image, mountains in the distance across the valley.
A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland. ]]> ]]>
Of the 38,000 troops who had left Bloemfontein on 3 May 1900, only 26,000 entered Pretoria with Lord Roberts. Some had been left to garrison Johannesburg or dropped off to act as guards, about 3,000 were battle casualties, some had been lost through disease and other causes, but a high proportion were dismounted cavalrymen or mounted infantry left behind because their horses had died or were exhausted.
The march of some 480 km had been accomplished on short rations and in trying weather conditions in 34 days, including halts totalling 16 days, but it did achieve the decisive result which had been anticipated, Botha's peace proposals and the surrender of Pretoria had given the Boers a breathing space in which to regroup and restore morale, and they now determined to continue the campaign by means of guerrilla warfare.
From a box of 89 stereoscopic cards entitled, 'South African War through the Stereoscope Pt 2 Vol 1', published by Underwood and Underwood and produced by Works and Sun Sculpture Studios, 1901 (c).]]>
]]> The Second Boer War (1899-1902) was the first war to be covered comprehensively by both film and still photography. This was the result of improved technology in both photographic equipment and printing techniques; cameras were more portable and magazines reproduced half-tone photographs. The Orange River marked the border between the Boer Republic of Orange Free State and the British Cape Colony. The surrounding country, particularly on the Cape Colony side of the river, was the scene of fierce fighting, particularly in late 1899 and early 1900.

One of a boxed set of stereoscope photographs produced for sale to the general public by a professional firm of photographers, Underwood and Underwood.]]> A Kopje is a small hill in a generally flat landscape.]]>