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64. In tlie Schiingwe District, Southern Rhodesia, there are 

 some hot springs whicli are used medicinally by the aborigines. 

 The following information is taken from a report sent by some 

 nati\es to ascertain the whereabouts of the spring, and kindly 

 placed at m\- disposal b}- Mr. Mauff", of Bulawayo : "The 

 springs are situated at the south end of a range of koi)jes in a 

 hollow, about seven miles south of the Zambesi River, b'rom 

 the springs the local people ])rocure their salt. The method of 

 doing this is by gathering u]) the grass which has been encrusted 

 by deposits from the water. The grass is then boiled, and when 

 the water has evai)orated the salt remains. The water, which 

 is very hot, comes out of a hole in a single rock which is isolated, 

 and when issuing makes a noise like a small steam-engine work- 

 ing. The steam can be seen rising at .some distance before the 

 spring is reached. The water has healing ])r(.perties. The sick 

 people make a practice of bathing in it." 



65. On a farm called Wildepaarde Jacht, in the iield-cornet- 

 cy Klein Drakenstein, about four miles east of Paarl, at the foot 

 of the Drakenstein Mountains, there is a medicinal spring. Some 

 considerable time back an attempt, which, however, proved abor- 

 tive, was made to exploit the s])ring. 



66. Caiinafoiitci)!, District Boshof, O.F.S. 



There are a ntimber of springs covering an area of four or 

 five morgen. The main spring has a temperature of 75° F. 

 and a yield of approximately 4,500 gallons per hour, and is ac- 

 conipanied by a constant di.scharge of inflammable gas. There 

 is a well-constructed bath, 20 feet square and about four feet 

 deep, at the main spring, and satisfactory jjrovision is made for 

 accommodation. The springs are distant about six miles from 

 Dealesville. 



67. In the bed of the Tugela River, 4,'/^ miles above Middle 

 Drift, there is a spring which is hardly mineralised, but which 

 is reputed to be medicinal, and is patronised by the farmers 

 during the winter months. Its temperature is 124.9 ^'^ 126.3'' 

 F., and it is.sues from a fault-line in hornblende gneisses which 

 is accom])anie(l by much cry.stalline calcite. 



Of the many lessons the war has taught us, none is more 

 impressive than the necessity for every nation and country to be 

 as self-contained and as independent, economically speaking, as 

 possible. This paper on the. existing and future health rc'^orts 

 of our country will, it is hoped, be a contribution, however hum- 

 ble, to the solution of the problem of finding everything we 

 require within our own boundaries. 



I record with gratitude the a.ssistance I got in my efi'orts 

 from individuals and corporations over the whole oif the country. 

 Everylx)dy that was likely to be in possession of any information 

 bearing on the subject was approached by me, and everywhere 

 I found the utmost willingness to co-0|)erate. In spite of the 

 fact that no efforts were spared on my part to make the paper 



