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of shewing the native nigger that he was not master of the 
situation, are excellent workmen, and the Lecturer himself 
heard no complaint of any illtreatment. The Chinese work 
where Englishmen cannot. The depth at which they have to 
work is exceedingly great, and the atmospheric conditions 
almost impossible for white men. The ore from the mines 
is not rich but rather poor. It can only be worked at a 
profit by working it, obtaining and crushing it on a very 
large scale. Much of the ore only contains about eight penny- 
weights of gold in a ton, not much more than the expense 
of working. 
After a week in Johannesburg with visits to Pretoria and 
the “Premier” mine where the Cullinan Diamond was 
found, the journey was continued through the Orange Free 
State (now the Orange River Colony), to Bloemfontein. This 
town is in the middle of an agricultural district and is well 
laid out. The “ Orangemen ” at the time seemed to resent 
the annexation more'than the Boers. Passing southward over 
the Orange River, the party visited the Stormberg district 
and then passed northwards to Kimberley. Here two days 
were spent among diamonds — underground and above ground. 
The most interesting sight was the Wesselten open mine, 
a quarter of a mile across and already nearly a thousand 
feet in depth. The diamond “ blue rock ” is most interesting 
to the chemist and the mineralogist, and many rare minerals 
were brought home for European collections. 
Proceeding northwards by Mafeking, we pass into Rhodesia 
and put up at Buluwayo. This is a curious town, the houses 
being built very wide apart. Like Washington, it might be 
called “ the city of magnificent distances.” A short distance 
from Buluwayo we come to the Matoppo Hills, where wild 
animals abound. In this wild district lie the remains of 
Cecil Rhodes, his grave being on the top of the highest of 
the many granite hills. 
After the President of the Association had opened the 
new railway and bridge over the great Zambesi River, we 
crossed the river above the Falls in canoes and visited' the 
island where Livingstone lived, on the edge of the Falls ; on 
the other side we find the Rain Forest which is kept fresh by 
the continuous spray which dashes up from the great fall of 
water. Travelling eastwards, the Portuguese territory is 
reached. At Beira we found that bonfires were lighted and 
dances were being held in honour of our visit. At Beira we 
joined our “ special ” steamer and went along by the coast 
visiting Mozambique, Zanzibar and Mombasa. The former 
is a very old port built many years ago. Mombasa, 
