CHAPTER LXVIII.

Judicious Mr. Rhodes—What South Africa Consists of—Johannesburg—The

Gold Mines—The Heaven of American Engineers—What the Author Knows about

Mining—Description of the Boer—What Should be Expected of Him—What Was

A Dizzy Jump for Rhodes—Taxes—Rhodesian Method of Reducing Native

Population—Journeying in Cape Colony—The Cars—The Country—The

Weather—Tamed Blacks—Familiar Figures in King William's Town—Boer

Dress—Boer Country Life—Sleeping Accommodations—The Reformers in Boer

Prison—Torturing a Black Prisoner

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