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I A HOLIDAY IN SOUTH AFEICA JOHN DUNN. KETCHWAYO LANGALIBALELE. SIKUKUNI. A HOLIDAY IX SOUTH AFBICA BY R. W. LEYLAND, F.R.G.S. AUTHOR OF "ROUND THE WORLD IN 124 DAYS." WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MAESTON, SEAELE, AND EIVINGTON LIVERPOOL : GILBERT G. WALMSLEY PEEFACE. " The Affairs " of South Africa have lately engaged much public attention. The following record, therefore, of a short holiday spent in visiting many of the towns and localities brought so prominently into notice may be of some interest. I have endeavoured as far as possible to eliminate anything of a political character from the narrative, though strongly tempted at various times to do other wise. My best thanks are due to several kind friends for valuable information supplied at different points on the journey.
Notably to Bishop Colenso (Natal), Bishop Bousfield (Pretoria), and Bishop Webb (Bloemfontein) ; also to Mr. Farmer (Capetown), Messrs. Montague Davies and Paddon (Kimberley), and Messrs. E. Brooke Smith and MAlister (Port Elizabeth). vi
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. I take this opportunity of again thanking these gentlemen. I am also much indebted for the information supplied by the following excellent works : — " Official Handbook to the Cape and South Africa," by John Noble, Esq. ; S. W. Silver and Co.'s " South Africa ; " Bishop Colenso's " Digest," and Ketchwayo's "Dutchman," with Notes by the Bishop of Natal; Miss Frances E. Colenso's " History of the Zulu War and its Origin." This last-named volume I would strongly recom mend to the perusal of those who are desirous of studying the events which led up to the Zulu War. The illustrations are reproductions of photographs by the autotype process. The map embraces merely the principal divisions and some of the chief towns in my route. E. W. L. Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, December 1881. CONTENTS. — ♦ — CHAPTER PAGE I. Plymouth to Cape Town • . . . . 1 II.
South Africa . . . ... 27 III. Cape Town to Port Elizabeth ... 44 IV. Ostrich Farming . . . . . .61 V. Port Elizabeth to Kimberley ... 70 VI. The Diamond Fields . . . . .93 VII. Four Days in Kimberley . . . .107 VIII. On the Road to Pretoria . . . .120 IX. The Capital of the Transvaal . . .137 X. Pretoria to Newcastle . . . . .152 XI. Newcastle to Rorke's Drift . . . .178 XII. The Defence of Rorke's Drift . . . 199 XIII. Isandhlwana ...... 221 XIV. Southwards through Natal .... 247 XV. The Basutos 268 XVI. To the Tugela, and Back . . . .285 XVII. Mr. John Dunn 306 XVIII. Durban to Cape Town 309 XIX. Ketchwayo 321 XX. Homeward Bound 355
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