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fellow passenger, on the seat behind, say to his 

 friend : " Old England's the best country, after all, 

 to live in! It has its faults "(this judicially). 

 " But, with all its faults, it's the best country 

 in the world to live in ! " His companion agreed. 

 And, while the mirrored lights were twinkling 

 on Old Father Thames, 1 remember how a Natal 

 lady, who loved South Africa with a deep love, 

 once remarked, with the firmest conviction, to a 

 party of us sitting on a Natal stoe'p : " I don't 

 care what anybody says, South Africa is the best 

 country in the world to live in ! There cannot 

 be, in all the whole world, a more beautiful 

 country than South Africa ! " 



I have had happy experience that both 

 speakers were right, and in this little book I 

 have tried to depict a few scenes, record a few 

 impressions, that help to prove it. 



IRise is vev. 



