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quoted it at length. Not that all Boers, or, indeed, 

 many Boers, would be guilty of such inliuman 

 cruelty. It is typical, in the sense that all Boers, 

 whether on the bench or in the jury-box, would 

 act in a precisely similnr manner, no matter what 

 the circumstances of the case might be, where 

 Boer interests and Boer life were on one side and 

 native interests and native life on the other. 

 Cases of cruel treatment inflicted by Boers on 

 natives are by no means rare. The Boer does not 

 recognize that the native is in any degree raised 

 above the level of the lower animals. In conversa- 

 tion he describes the native as a " creature." His 

 undying hatred for the English arises mainly from 

 the fact that the English persist in according at 

 least in theory equal rights to the coloured popula- 

 tion as are enjoyed by the whites. In the Trans- 

 vaal no native may travel from one place to 

 another unless he is provided with a pass. In the 

 towns no native may be out at night, unless he 

 is similarly protected. Neither can any native 

 in the Transvaal acquire a title to land. On the 

 other hand, throughout the Transvaal the native 

 enjoys the valuable privilege of being able to 

 purchase and consume in any quantity the most 

 23oisonous alcoholic compounds. Taking all 

 these matters into consideration, I can imagine 

 that a British Ministry or a British Parlia- 

 ]nent may pause and hesitate l^efore hand- 

 ing over to Boer dominion Swaziland and its 

 jDeople. This is the territory which the Boers 

 eagerly covet as giving them additional grazing 



