To the Islands of the Orange 



toiling through the torrid sand. And here, we 

 are told, a noble-hearted Predikant preaches to 

 all comers in the Dutch and English tongues. 

 But where are these Little People — Conies of 

 Empire — the Scots ? Surely their absence from 

 a community of this size calls for immediate 

 investigation by a Royal Commission ! 



Upington occupies a picturesque and com- 

 manding site on the north bank of the Orange 

 River. Be here at sunrise and return at sunset. 

 A background of purple mountains, a river 

 sailing in silver, or mirrored in gold, islands of 

 wild olive and willow, and far away the flaming 

 desert sand, and far above the blue eternal sky. 



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