Notes on South African H%mting, 17 
Some Prices in the Market. 
for a guinea. Every man lived in a tent, and 
left all he had, and any diamonds he might find, 
lying about loose; yet there are, I believe, in 
the annals of Kimberley, very few instances of 
men having been tarred and feathered and 
ridden out of town on a triangular rail—the 
usual reward of theft in those da3^s. 
The other most remarkable thing about the 
early days was, that although the whole popu¬ 
lation were very mixed, and handy with 
revolvers, only one murder took place; and 
that was done by an Englishman who is 
believed to have since played a prominent part 
in most of the recent rebellions all over the 
world. 
The Black Flag rebellion was the mode the 
diggers used of expressing their opinion about 
certain taxes attempted to be imposed on them. 
Troops were sent to quell the disturbance, but 
the diggers came out top without fighting. 
There were giants of craft, in those days, too. 
One gentleman, now living, used to get his kitchen 
stuff from Boers coming in from the country. 
He dealt with one particular Boer, and kept a 
running account with him which he paid every 
