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observances which are current in what is called ' good society,' 

 he is certainly not worse, even if he is but little better than 

 the members of his class in England. 



In Australia, where there is practically no admixture of 

 black and white blood, the rising generation are proud to call 

 themselves Colonials or Australians, and would resent beine 

 termed Englishmen. In South Africa, where miscegenation 

 is not unknown, the English-speaking inhabitants will brook 

 no other name but that of Englishmen. To style them 

 Colonists would be an indignity ; to allude to them as 

 Africanders, an insult. 



Sir Henry Loch, who is a man of tact, as well as an aris- 

 tocrat and a soldier, keeps his people in good humour by 

 playing to their social equality ideas. He invites all the 

 shopkeepers in the place to his garden parties ; and they, in 

 their turn, allow him the honour of being governor over them 

 without having the slightest power in their government. This 

 amiable fooling serves to keep both sides in good humour. 

 We brought letters of introduction to Sir Henry from our 

 good friends, General and Mrs Monty Turnbull. Both he 

 and General Turnbull had fought side by side in the old Sikh 

 war of 1847-9. 



From Cape Town we went to Port Elizabeth, which is 

 a thriving commercial city. The newspapers had prepared 

 our way so effectively that all I had to do was to give a 

 lecture in the town hall. The mayor, Mr Macllwaith, kindly 

 took the chair, while I explained my programme, told 

 yarns, amused my audience, and got up a big class, the 

 members of which being all riding men, like those of Cape 

 Town, took an intelligent interest in the work, which was 

 gratifying to me. With the approval of keen horsemen 

 like Mr Wimble, Mr Miles, Mr Guthrie, Dr Edwards, Mr 

 Lyons and others, I felt that all we had now to do in South 

 Africa was to go on and prosper. We had a pleasant week's 

 breaking among men of the same sort at Grahamstown, 

 and after that I held, by invitation, a second class at Port 



