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A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA.* 
BY 
LIEUTENANT 0. B. LEVITA, R.H.A. 
(A Lecture delivered at the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, Thursday, ith March, 1897.) 
Colonel E. Blaksley, r.h.a., in the Chair. 
The Chairman : The Lecturer, Mr. Levita, has recently been in South 
Africa on leave, and he met many people of note, so that we hope he 
will be able to give us a good deal of interesting information with 
regard to the country. 
I may tell you, as one of the Committee of this Institution, that he is 
lecturing by the request of the Committee, and the Committee consider 
that it is most gratifying to find young officers like Captain Shortt, who 
lectured here a few weeks ago, and Lieutenant Levita, coming forward 
to lecture in this manner. (Applause.) 
Lieutenant Levita : Colonel Blaksley, Ladies and Gentlemen,— 
It is with the greatest diffidence and humility that I comply with the 
request made that I should address such a critical and well-informed 
audience as I see before me, especially in connection with such a 
gigantic subject as South Africa. 
The enormous mass of literature that has been within the reach of all 
for the past year or so has possibly told you everything that I have to 
say on the subject ; but I shall try to give you some of the impressions 
formed during a hurried visit to that interesting country and after 
meeting many people whose opinions, from their thorough knowledge 
of the country, are worthy of note. 
If I only can interest you about one tenth part as much as I interested 
myself in travelling there, 1 shall be satisfied. 
Besides, the exchange of an English winter for an African summer 
is one which others on leave may contemplate, and in that case my 
journey may be of service. 
6. VOL. XXIV. 
* This lecture was extempore. 
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