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tour then turned west, and stayed for an evening in the Kruger National 

 Park, witnessing a war dance by a camp fire, and, both from the train and 

 on a walk with the forest ranger, seeing a variety of game. The tour was here, 

 and as far as Pietersburg, again following a programme similar to that of 

 Tour No. 1. 



On August 20 the tour reached Tzaneen, where the members visited 

 farms in the morning, and in the afternoon were driven through the moun- 

 tain scenery of Magoebaskloof . An entertainment was given for them in the 

 evening. The tour then went north to Pietersburg, where the party was 

 received by the Mayor, and cars were provided, some of which took 

 members to different farms and others to the native school. In the evening 

 lectures were given by Miss L. Grier on ' Education and Industry in 

 England,' and by Dr. J. H. Arkwright on ' Variations in Bacteria.' 



The next day the party arrived at Bloemfontein, where lectures were 

 given at the City Hall on ' The Individuality of the Canadian People ' by 

 Sir R. Falconer, and on ' The Geography of some African Plants ' by Mr. 

 R. d'O. Good. The Administrator of the Province and the Mayor were 

 present. The following day members were driven round the town, and 

 went over the new University buildings. 



The tour then proceeded to Port Elizabeth. Here, in the Snake Park, 

 the visitors saw the attendant gather up handfuls of adders and other 

 poisonous snakes and sling numbers of pythons round his shoulders. 



On August 25 the tour proceeded by the Garden Route to Cape Town. 

 A day was spent at Oudtshoorn, where the party walked through the 

 Cango Caves and saw their remarkable stalactite and stalagmite formation. 

 Tea was given to the members on an ostrich farm, and a reception was 

 held in the evening at which the guests were received by the Mayor and 

 Mayoress. The next halt was at Knysna, where, after visiting the 

 " Heads " sea-view, most of the members drove through a primeval 

 forest still inhabited by a herd of elephants. The last day was spent at 

 Mossel Bay, where a tug trip round Seal Island was arranged. After an 

 impromptu entertainment in the evening, the party returned to the train 

 and reached Cape Town on August 29. 



Tour 8. 



A party numbering 105 left Johannesburg on August 3 and proceeded 

 via Bulawayo, Victoria Falls, Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe and Salisbury to 

 Beira ; thence to Zanzibar, Mombasa and Nairobi, from which centre 

 many minor tours were arranged. 



From Bulawayo a journey was made to the Matoppo Hills and the 

 grave of Rhodes was visited. Two days were spent at the Victoria Falls 

 and three days at Fort Victoria and Zimbabwe. From Fort Victoria visits 

 were made to local farms, some asbestos and tungsten mines, the local 

 reservoir and power station and other places of interest. At the 

 Zimbabwe ruins Miss Caton-Thompson explained the nature of her 

 discoveries. 



The members next proceeded to Salisbury, where they were received 

 by representatives of the Governor, the Mayor and leading citizens. A 

 local committee arranged a number of drives to tobacco and other farms, 

 and in the afternoon the Governor invited members to tea at Government 

 House. In the evening Sir Richard Gregory delivered a lecture on 



