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pings. His figure and appearance when he de- 

 parted were inconceivably grotesque. He is now 

 probably a millionaire in his kraal, has married 

 the girl whom he has long had in his eye, and as 

 years go by he will add 

 to his wealth by selling 

 his daughters, should for- 

 tune still attend him and 

 give him female progeny, 

 Mr. Cecil Rhodes arrived 

 at Fort Victoria a week 

 after our 

 party, on the 

 morning of 

 our departure, 

 and almost 

 immediately 

 rode out to 

 the telegraph 

 wire which 

 had that morn- 

 ing only been 

 bi'ought with- 



in two miles 



of the fort. 



As it was all 



on my way I 



joined him. The scene was peculiar and very 



African. Amid waggons, oxen, mules, and horses, 



piles of telegraph poles, coils of wire, boxes of 



insulators, and odds and ends of baggage and 



provisions could be seen meandering a little 



X 



As lie departed. 



