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Corned mutton. 



Saddle mutton. 



Boiled leg mutton. 



Boiled shoulder mutton and caper sauce. 



Boiled corned beef. 



Boiled ham. 



Stuffed roast turkey. 



Stuffed roast duck and mushroom. 



Eoast fowl. 



Boiled fo^vl and oyster sauce. 



Potatoes. 



Beans. 



Boiled currant i)uJding ami wine sauce. 



Friiit pie. 



Red currant pie and l)oilcd custard. 



Tipsey (sic) cake. 



Cake a la Meringue. 



Custard tart. 



Tart. 



Queen tart. 



Fruit a la Meringue. 



Blanc-mange and jam. 



Baisins and almonds. 



I can truthfully assert that, having done my l)est to 

 partake of some of these dishes, when dinner was 

 over I would have given a gold mine in jMashona- 

 land for a quarter of an hour at the Amphytrion. 

 On the second day we reached Klerksdorp, and 

 were within the limits of the auriferous portion of 

 the Transvaal. Klerksdorp is in a state of decay, 

 having had but an ephemeral existence. It sprang 

 into life during the gold-mining boom of some 

 four years ago. The ground all round it for a 

 considerable space was hastily pegged off in 

 mining claims, companies were floated with large 

 capital, sliares were tossed up to a premium ]3y 

 the promoter, just as a Japanese conjurer with a, 

 fan causes bits of paper to ascend in the air, and 



