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at a deal ^vere fruitless. In vain ^Ye oftered calico 

 or limbo in exchange for their wares, in vain we 

 tried to seduce them with the glittering blue 

 bead or the empty cartridge-case. They were 

 not to be moved. It seems that these fastidious 

 and pampered barbarians have become nice about 

 the colour of their adornments, and will take 

 nothing but red or white limbo and a peculiar 

 sort of bead known as the red- white-eye. So, 

 disappointed, we puslied on to the claims next 

 worthy of attention, and spent an hour or t^vo 

 examinino- a shallow shaft and nalT0^v vein 

 which was submitted to our inspection. From 

 there to the huts of the minino' commissioner occu- 

 pied the rest of the day, and with tlie evening 

 came Mr. A. Beit and his partv, among whom Avas 

 included ^Ir. Rolker, the mining engineer of the 

 Chartered Coin2:)any. On the following day a 

 lovely ride of about seven miles took us all to visit 

 the " YelloAv Jacket ' mine, the j^roperty of Messrs. 

 Johnson, Heaney, and Borrow, of which Mr. Per- 

 kins and Mr. Rolker made a careful examination. 

 This reef extends some 1500 feet in length, and 

 two shafts have been sunk on it. Here no native 

 workings were seen, and the attention of the 

 prospectors was arrested b\^ the outcrop Avhich 

 extended for some distance and gave very rich 

 pannings. A specimen of this ore which was 

 pounded down on tlie spot for us gave roughly 

 about 60oz. to the ton. Unfortunately the 

 vein decreases lamentably in size and richness 

 as it descends, and samples taken at the bottom 



