Diary of a tour in South Africa . erColony, we found the flat and uninterestingplains of this part of the Transvaal mostdepressing. We reached Johannesburg at 88 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 9 , two and a half hours late, and atII are still being knocked about by-clumsy shunters, as they appear not yet tohave made up their minds where they willanchor us for the night. It is bitterly cold inthe car, and a nasty wind is blowing. Twonights ago the temperature at this hour wasnearly 80° at Durban, to-night it is 50°. Weare now 5,764 feet above sea level. Miles travelled from Maritzbur
Diary of a tour in South Africa . erColony, we found the flat and uninterestingplains of this part of the Transvaal mostdepressing. We reached Johannesburg at 88 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 9 , two and a half hours late, and atII are still being knocked about by-clumsy shunters, as they appear not yet tohave made up their minds where they willanchor us for the night. It is bitterly cold inthe car, and a nasty wind is blowing. Twonights ago the temperature at this hour wasnearly 80° at Durban, to-night it is 50°. Weare now 5,764 feet above sea level. Miles travelled from Maritzburg, 411 ; andfrom Cape Town, 2,994. April 29, Johannesburg. After breakfast we accompanied the Lairdto the Stock Exchange, where he had anappointment to meet the manager of a goldmine in the Transvaal. While we werewaiting for the arrival of Mr. Nicolas, themanager, the broker, in whose office themeeting was to take place, took us into thegallery of the Exchange, and we watched the ROBINSONS DEEP GOLD MINE, JOHANNESBURG. , VAiV\. Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 89 performance below for half an hour. Therewas a fair amount of bellowing from thebipeds on the floor, which was all Greek tome. Our obliging friend the broker told methe technicality of the process going on. Ithanked him and tried to look wise, but I wasreally little the better for the information, butconcluded, from the great number of intelligentfaces down below, that they probably knewwhat they were doing, and that I needntworry. After the Lairds interview was over, weall went to the Carlton Hotel for lunch, andafterwards drove in a couple of motors toRobinsons Deep Gold Mine, and went overall the surface works, the various processesbeing carefully explained to us by Mr. Nicolas,which I found much more interesting than theStock Exchange side of the picture. Afterthis we motored for several miles along theWitwatersrand Range, the reefs of which have 90 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. made Johannesburg what it is,
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