CHAPTER VII 



MORE TEIPS AND TRAVELS 



I AM far from wishing to pose as a great traveller, 



but I think it well to emphasise the benefit which 



I have satisfied myself can be derived from going 



abroad, and away from ordinary routine, for a 



reasonable time when circumstances permit it. 



I have already dealt with visits to South Africa 



and Egypt, and it may interest my readers if I 



give brief details of other foreign trips — one of 



which was to Jamaica, taking my son Fred with 



me. It was more or less an uneventful voyage. 



On landing at Kingston, an elderlv 

 In Jamaica <=> o j 



gentleman approached who was a 

 stranger to me, and introduced himself as Colonel 

 Kitchener, who was in command of the West 

 India Regiment there. He said : 



*' I knew you were on board, Mr. Darling, and 

 I just welcome you to Jamaica, and tell you that 

 I shall be very pleased to do anything I can 

 to make your visit pleasant.'" And he certainly 

 did, for he gave my son and myself ponies to 



213 



