Now the word here was "DRIFT", and that is snow that has fallen in a heap and been moulded by the wind into any shape. In fact the same process happens to sand to make dunes. However the wind does not move the whole pile, only the loose snow at the edges.
In South Africa, a drift means a shallow crossing place along a river, the sort of thing that we call a ford. So though the small boy who got this picture would have been inspired by the thought of crossing a wild river in the company of fearsome cattle, the truth would have been slightly less spectacular.
Our original British Trade Index part I lists all three of these sets, and gives the cards for all as they are unnumbered. However though they are called "Adventure Pictures" there is no set title on the cards, and though they are all of an adventurous nature, the word Adventure almost certainly comes from the title of the magazine in which they were issued. They are listed as :
ADVENTURE PICTURES. Md. 82 x 55 (A). Three series. Unnd.
1. Set 1. White borders, glazed. Back in black. (10)
2. Set 2. White borders, matt. Back in buff (10)
- 1. Agony Point, India Mountain Railway
- 2. Caravan in Khyber Pass
- 3. The Cowboy`s Round-up
- 4. Crossing a South African Drift
- 5.Elephant Tandem, Colombo
- 6. Gold Diggers of Bendigo
- 7. Indian Tiger Hunt
- 8. The Lone Trapper
- 9. North West Mounted Police
- 10. Travel in the Arctic
3. Set 3. Brown borders, glazed. Back in brown (10)
Now this takes up a lot of space so it is unsurprising that our updated British Trade Index lists them as :
ADVENTURE PICTURES. (AD) 1929. 82 x 55 Unnd (30) in three series. See HT-12
1. Set 1. White borders, glazed, black back (10)
2. Set 2. White borders, matt. buff back (10)
3. Set 3. Brown borders, glazed, brown back (10)