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THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  3,  1896. 
FROM  BOURNEMOUTH  TO  NATAL. 
•  09 
This  is  a  far  cry,  but  to  the  lover  of  variety, 
who  has  no  fear  of  the  rolling  deep,  it  offeri 
many  changes  of  scene  and  pleasure.  There  are 
hundreds  migrating  weekly  from  Old  England  to 
this  great  Continent — some  to  try  and  recruit 
shattered  forces,  others  to  retrieve,  if  possible, 
misfortunes  and  financial  disasters  which  have 
befallen  them  at  home.  Many  more,  just  emerg¬ 
ing  from  youth  into  manhood,  have  cast  off  the 
ties  of  home  and  friendship,  to  seek  a  wider  field 
of  action,  where  competition  is  less  keen  than 
at  home,  and  where  there  is  an  ever-increasing 
demand  for  skilled  and  steady  men.  Again, 
there  are  the  poor,  whom  we  have  always  with  us, 
even  upon  a  floating  palace.  Let  us  hope  that 
the  poor  creatures  who  landed  here  with  us  will 
have  more  happiness  in  their  last  days  than  their 
appearance  warrants  them  to  have  had  in  the 
past.  Yet  another  class  is  there— the  indolent 
ne’er-do-well  gamester  and  drinker,  of  no  use  at 
home  and  le.ss  here. 
Although  all  trades  were  well  represented  on 
the  boat  I  found  that  I  was  the  only  one  of  the 
gardening  craft,  and  arriving  at  Madeira  upon 
the  fourth  day  of  our  voyage  I  found  something 
of  intereit  to  occupy  me  for  a  few  hours.  The 
view  of  the  coast  and  beautiful  vegetation  was  a 
most  refreshing  sight  to  lovers  of  Nature.  The 
ship  having  cast  anchor  we  were  soon  ashore, 
and  glad  to  be  again  apon  terra  firraa.  Having 
obtained  a  good  supply  of  Strawberries,  Apricots, 
Loquats  and  Oranges,  we  set  out  to  explore 
the  various  places  of  interest.  The  first  was 
the  public  gardens,  which  are  a  model  of  beauty 
and  good  order  without 'any  artificial  make  up 
about  them.  Here  were  stately  Palms,  Dracamas, 
Ferns,  Azaleas,  and  Camellias  of  various  colours. 
Oleanders,  pink  and  white,  and  many  other  old 
favourites  which  have  to  be  nursed  under  glass 
at  home,  revelling  in  the  open  air  and  bright 
sunshine,  while  annuals  and  perennials  met  the 
eye  at  every  turn  in  full  glory. 
The  most  striking  objects  were  patches  of 
Verbenas  of  various  colours,  growing  and  flower¬ 
ing  very  freely,  and  looking  quite  at  home 
amongst  the  green  grass,  a  unique  way  of  plant¬ 
ing  them  for  effect.  Passing  from  here  to 
the  English  cemetery  the  first  sight  of  this 
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