crippled wrecker. TIr- jounifv in Ihc cars alone lasted 

 just eij^ht hours, and during the whole of this excruciat- 

 ing journey he had to hold his knee tightly with his 

 hands. The doctor who set it complimented liim on his 

 wonderful e\hil)iti()n of jdnck and ,uril, ke])! him in bed 

 eicrht weeks and sent him home with, as he described it, 

 the "best bad leg" he had ever seen. In these days of 

 anaesthetics and imjiroved railroad facilities such a trip 

 would be of rare occurrence. 



Among the Cape's quaint customs I Inid the old 

 Scottish one known as "bundling " But this, like other 

 of her quaint customs, is .slowly yielding to the march of 

 the newspaper, the telegraph, the telephone, and the rail- 

 road. I scarcely believed that this custom still existed 

 or. indeed, ever had a foothold on this continent, but I 

 soon found indubitable proof of it. "Bundling," you 

 must know, is a method of courtship based on motives 

 of economy, i the saving of light and fire). It is still 

 practiced in Scotland though gradually dying out there, 

 as increasing prosperity affords l)roader scope for comfort 

 and less necessitv for economy. 



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