20 Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa. 



where, have inherited, jorobably from the Dutcli, 

 a joleasant conservatism of thought and of habitude. 

 They are not inclined to believe that the bustle of 

 Melbourne or the crowds of Sydney represent the 

 highest standard of social happiness ; they have a 

 tendency to regard with some dou])t and anxiety 

 the development and progress which Cape Town 

 has undoul3tedly made in the last few years ; many 



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of them view with apprehension and some with 

 alarm the influx of a large population which may 

 shortly be attracted by the mineral wealth of South 

 Africa already said to be discovered. The late 

 Lord Iddesleigh, in one of his political discourses, 

 averred that he had been accused of being " wanting 

 in go," but it was felt by all that the accusation, 

 if true, only exhibited more pleasantly the general 

 amiability of his character. Similarly it is possi- 



