JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD

403pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1907) 2018

In the 1880s South African author, politician and mining financier Sir Percy FitzPatrick's travelled with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in the Bushveld region of what was then the South African Republic. At this time he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider.