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the destiny that has led us hither, to pass among 

 such scenes. Presently we remember that the 

 springboks have to be hunted on the morrow, and 

 betake ourselves to rest. :;: 



* Since these lines were written, I have to lament the untimely death of 

 my old and greatly valued friend, Mr. J. B. Evans, of Riet Fontein, J.P. for 

 the Divisions of Graaff Reinet, Aberdeen, Uitenhage, and Willowmore. In 

 him the Cape has lost one of her foremost and most devoted sons, a perfect 

 example of what a colonist should be. Respected and esteemed by all who 

 knew him (and he was very widely known), his bright example will not soon 

 fade from the memory of his fellow colonists, Dutch as well as British. His 

 only fault was that he worked too hard and unceasingly, and his strong frame 

 was undoubtedly worn out before its time, by a too unflagging energy. It is 

 not too much to say that if Cape Colony contained 5,000 British colonists as 

 energetic and shrewd as the late Mr. Evans, it would soon become completely 

 transformed. 



