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waters ; from the lands of the Damaras and 

 Ovampos ; from Matabele and Mashonalands ; from 

 the countries of the Amatongas, the Amaswazis, 

 and the Zulus ; from Kaffraria and Basutoland they 

 throng. And not only do these races learn lessons 

 of obedience, of the value of money, of self-control, 

 and of many of the arts of peace ; but above all 

 they acquire a firm and lasting belief in the good 

 faith of the British paymaster. Native hunters far 

 up country will take unhesitatingly, and without 

 misgiving, the letter of a British trader or sportsman 

 for the payment of a sum of money, at a place 

 hundreds of miles distant. For the development of 

 progress and of peace among the barbarous tribes 

 of Austral-Africa, as for the development of the 

 immense natural wealth of the country itself, 

 immigration, new blood, and the introduction of 

 capital, properly directed, are alone required. 



While a vast expansion of territory has been 

 going forward at the Cape, there has not, however, 

 compared with more fashionable colonies, been a 

 corresponding influx of British blood and British 

 energy. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada have 

 been building and peopling great cities, rapidly 

 filling up their back countries, and advancing, until 

 quite recently, by leaps and bounds, in material 

 wealth, while South Africa has plodded with painful 

 and halting footsteps upon her devious route. 

 What are the reasons for this disparity ? Neither 

 the climate, nor the quality of the land itself, can be 

 adduced for one moment as sufficient explanation. 

 The climate of Cape Colony is indeed one of the 

 most magnificent and healthful in the world. There 

 you may see in the descendants of the stout and 



