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CHAPTER VI. 



THE TRANSVxVAL BOERS. 



A chance for British enterprise — The capacity of the Transvaal 

 and the incapacity of its rulers — The journey from Johan- 

 nesburg to Pretoria — Description of Pretoria— The Dutch 

 Parliament — From the Strangers' Gallery — An interview 

 with President Kruger — Parliamentary manners— General 

 Joubert — Keport of a case showing the Boer idea of jus- 

 tice — Illtreatment of Natives by the Boers — Shall we 

 surrender Swaziland — The AVithering Grasp of the Boer. 



No English traveller who deserves and reflects 

 can leave Johannesburg and not desire that the 

 merits of this town and its many attractions might 

 he made known to and appreciated by the Englisli 

 people. Here almost every description of British 

 enterprise and skill may find a promising opening. 

 The accountant, the young clerk who has received 

 a good commercial education, the skilled mechanic, 

 the farmer, the market gardener, the miner, the 

 agricidtural labourer, will all find themselves in 

 demand. A comparatively small capital, ranging 

 from 10/. to 50Z., would probably be found suffi- 

 cient to start these different descriptions of labour 

 on their road to fortune, relatively, of course, to 

 the employment which they select, and to the 

 education which they have received. Domestic 

 service also offers a most favourable field. Scarcelv 

 anything is requisite for success beyond steady- 

 and temperate habits, and an industrious and versa- 

 tile disposition. I have come across more than 

 one young Englishman, who, coming out here at 



