148 A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



the country that gave him birth. Each colony might 

 have two representatives in the British parliament, to 

 watch and explain purely colonial interests, whilst 

 having the full privileges of ordinary members, and this 

 could be made to in no way interfere with the present 

 system of colonial government. 



Whether these sturdy and life-long British colonists 

 can be obtained for the Transvaal, to till its waste lands, 

 increase its population, and develop its industries, or 

 whether the Republic is still to be only a pastoral com- 

 munity, dependent on its auriferous quartz for an influx 

 of foreigners with an uncertainty of speculative revenue, 

 is for the Boer and Hollander to decide. 



