Bulpin writes about the hunters, wildlife, the original people (Bushmen), mosquitoes, tsetse fly of the Lowveld. It was an an area of extensive wilderness and home to a myriad of the animals, birds, plants and reptiles that have filled the imaginations of hunters, traders and authors alike for many a century in Africa. The characters and legends of the malaria-ridden Lowveld regions of the Transvaal come to life as Bulpin tells more stories about the personalities of the early days in the region.