Fifty Years in South Africa* 



INTRODUCTION. 



MANY books have been written about South Africa. 

 Its people, its resources, its politics, and more par- 

 ticularly its future as part of the British Empire, are of 

 ever increasing interest, and no apology is needed for 

 any writer who has had long acquaintance and intimate 

 knowledge of the Colonies stating his experiences and 

 opinions. The author is a man who has lived the ordi- 

 nary life of a South African pioneer settler ; for more 

 than half a century his interests have been identical 

 with those of the Colonists, and he, if anyone, is able to 

 judge from actual experience , what may be beneficial 

 and what has proved harmful. Unlike many who have 



