. Besieged by the Boers : a diary of life and events in Kimberly during the siege. you could get food and a bathand so on, and the prospect of being shutup in the same compartment with abouta hundred children did not seem sufficientlyalluring to compensate for the extra dangerincurred by staying above ground. I believe Mr. Rhodess original intentionwas to offer shelter in the mines to thosewho had no place of shelter to go to, orwho had insufficient protection of their of the poor people had no means ofmaking shelters for themselves, and couldneither affiDrd the material nor the labou
. Besieged by the Boers : a diary of life and events in Kimberly during the siege. you could get food and a bathand so on, and the prospect of being shutup in the same compartment with abouta hundred children did not seem sufficientlyalluring to compensate for the extra dangerincurred by staying above ground. I believe Mr. Rhodess original intentionwas to offer shelter in the mines to thosewho had no place of shelter to go to, orwho had insufficient protection of their of the poor people had no means ofmaking shelters for themselves, and couldneither affiDrd the material nor the labournecessary to make one, and it was to thesethat the mines were offered. The notice,however, did not state so, and many better-class people went down. The mine-headswere crowded with people, and though theybegan to lower them down at about , it was long after midnight beforethey were all in the mines. More than athousand went down Kimberley Mine, andabout fifteen hundred were taken down inDe Beers Mine, yet neither in letting themdown nor hauling them up again nor during. 0. H 1Rew xase for S)tamonD=«/IIMne6 iSi their four days stay down below was therea single accident to any one of them. All this time provisions, or, rather, luxuries,had been getting dearer. We had a fowlfor dinner, price fifteen shillings, and webought some eggs for twenty-two shillingsa dozen. Vegetables were very scarce, andoften unprocurable. We used to make saladof a weed that grew in our garden. We hadplanted several beds of things that did notcome up, or died from want of water, butthis weed came up instead, and very handywe found it. Shelling began at about seven on Monday,February 22nd, but in a half-hearted sort ofa way, and not much damage was done—infact, the whole days performance was a pleasantsurprise, as we had expected a very livelytime. Our old friend was still the only biggun at work. The streets were almost deserted,for in addition to the people who had gonedown the mine, many ot
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