CHAP. XXI. 
THE GRAND EATTUE. 
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once belonged to England, and which she so unwisely 
gave up when Sir Greorge Clerk was sent out as a 
Special Commissioner to relinquish that valuable terri¬ 
tory to the Dutch emigrants. The Dutch Burghers 
came out in procession to meet the English Prince ; and 
as there were many Englishmen in the place, much 
loyalty was shown. The royal standard of England 
was frequently displayed, and arches were erected and 
banners stretched from house to house. I am sorry 
to say one poor fellow had his arm blown away in firing 
the salute. But single guns and musketry were being 
fired off all night, as is the Dutch manner of keeping 
jubilee. We were all of us most hospitably received 
with every demonstration of cordiality and good will; 
and many both Dutch and English former British 
subjects regretted that they were not welcoming the 
Prince to one of his own provinces instead of to a 
Dutch State. 
Some days before we arrived at Bloom Fontein an 
express had been sent on, and a large body of natives 
from the tribe of‘Morocco,’ a native chief, had assembled 
in, or rather had encircled, the vast plains in the 
neighbourhood of Reit Vley, the property of Mr. J. H. 
Baines, one of the great hunters of South Africa, who 
had settled down in the Free State as a farmer. This 
gentleman had invited the royal party to a great hunt 
on his farm. 
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