A broad belt of jungle extended upon each side of it.

After that, there were straggling groves and clumps; and then came the open plains, almost treeless, though covered with a rich carpet of grass for some distance farther.
To this succeeded the wild karoo, stretching eastward and westward beyond the reach of vision.

Along the north, as already mentioned, trended the line of "bluffs;" and beyond these there was nothing but the parched and waterless desert.

To the south there lay the only thing that could be called "woods;" and although such a low jungle could lay no claim to the title of "forest," it was, nevertheless, a likely enough haunt for elephants.
The trees consisted chiefly of mimosas--of several species; upon the leaves, roots, and tender shoots of which the great ruminant loves to browse.

There were some "cameel-doorn" trees, with their shady umbrella-like tops.