CHAPTER XII. 



ON EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA- 

 MANY sources of really valuable statistical and 

 general information on the subject of emigration 

 to South Africa are now available to enquirers, but 

 the points of view on which writers approach the 

 question vary so much that it may not be super- 

 fluous to treat of it from a novel but perhaps 

 somewhat eccentric standpoint, intended not only 

 to be descriptive of things as they exist but 

 explanatory of the causes of which they are the 

 effects. 



As the poorer class of emigrants are more in 

 need of reliable information than others, it is but 

 just and right to address them first, and seriously 

 to point out the dangers and difficulties which are 

 incurred by those who are destitute of helpful 

 friends already settled in the country, or such as 

 take a leap in the dark and have neglected to 



