viii Contents. 



^ jmblic man of the first oidcr — Mr. Gardner AVillianis^ 

 miniii,^- engineer — The blue si'O^uid — Separatinpf the 

 diamonds — Precautions against Theft — The De Beers 

 Company a model Village Community — Electric light 

 used in the diamond mines . . . . .33 



ClTAl'TEK 11^ 



GOLD. 



The diamonds of Kimberley — The journey to Johannes- 

 hurg — Railway extensions — Grass veldt between 

 Kimberley and A^ryburg — The cattle farm of the 

 future — " Native Reserve " of the Southern Eechuana 

 — Wc reach A^iyburg — Sir Sydney Shippard enter- 

 tains us — Coaching with a team of mules — The way- 

 faring man in the Transvaal — An attractive little 

 town — Gold mines in the neighbourhood — The out- 

 look at Johannesburg — The gold mines — Selfish 

 jealousy of the Boer Government — Astounding in- 

 ec^uality of taxation -(-Bad condition of the roads to 

 Johannesburg-VThe vicious system of concessions . 49 



CHAPTER V. 



MINING AND SPOUTING. 



Account of the Robinson Gold Mine at Johannesburg — 

 The Langlaate Estate — Chlurination at the Ferriera 

 jSfine — I)r. Simon — The McArthur-Forrest process — 

 (Observations on the gold-fields of Johannesburg — 

 Silver Mines in the Transvaal — Deer preserves — 

 (With Dog and Gun in search of Game , . . .Go 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE TRANSVAAL BOEES. 



A chance for British enterprise — The capacity of the 

 Transvaal and the incapacity of its rulers — The 

 journey from Johannesburg to Pretoria — Description 

 of Pretoria — The Dutch Parliament — From the 

 Strangers' Gallery — An interview with President 

 Kruger — Parliamentary manners — General Joubert — 

 , Report of a case showing the Boer idea of justice — 



J Ill-treatment of Natives by the Boers — Shall we 

 surrender Swaziland — The Withering Grasp of the 

 Boer ' . . .79 



