CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



OUTWARD BOUXD. 



PAGE 



r)c])arturc from PadJington Station — Reasons for the 

 journey — The composition of the party — Arrival at 

 Dartmouth — The GrantitUy Castle — Lisbon : tlic 

 Zoological Gaixlens — Madeira — Invitation from Mr. 

 Benet-Stanford — A suL-tropieal Ljarden — Farewell to 

 Madeira — Shoals of flying ti«h — From breakfast to 

 bedtime on board ship — Atldctic sports at sea — 

 Fire ! — Cape Town . .... . . 1 



CHAPTER II. 



CAPE COLONY. 



Scenery and climate of Cai)e Town — Public Buildings — 

 The Government House, Natural History Museum, 

 and Public Library — Adderley Street — The sea pros- 

 pect from Cape Town — Rivalry of Port Elizabeth — 

 The inhabitants and environs of Cape Town — Dutch 

 and English in the coluny — Mr. Cecil Rhodes — The 

 Transvaal War of 1881— Majuba Hill— Cape Politics 

 — Tlie South African States — Cape Town as a Coal- 

 ing Station — Defences of the Cape — Forts at Simon's 

 Bay — Fort Wynyard — General Cameron and the 

 Cape Town Garrison . . . . . .17 



CHAPTER III. ♦ 



DIAMONDS. 



"We leave Cape Town — The Paarl — Worcester Town — The 

 Hex River Pass — A Paddington man — Arrival at 

 jNIatjesfontein — Mr. J. D. Logan — The Karroo — 

 Diamond Industry at Kimberley — Visit to the offices 

 of the De- Beers Company — Mr. Cecil Rhodes a 



