Diary of a tour in South Africa . selves. The Major had most thoughtfully arrangedfor dinner-table decorations of the Noahs Ark 18 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. type, with, I suppose, the amiable intention offoreshadowing the terrific onslaught we werelikely to make on the larger fauna of SouthAfrica—elephants, lions, leopards, and such likedenizens of the jungle, disporting themselvesamidst beautiful flowers and foliage, not exactlyof the jungle type. Several speeches of the hope-you11-get-back-all-right order weremade, and replied to in the sense that we allintended to do so, if possible;
Diary of a tour in South Africa . selves. The Major had most thoughtfully arrangedfor dinner-table decorations of the Noahs Ark 18 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. type, with, I suppose, the amiable intention offoreshadowing the terrific onslaught we werelikely to make on the larger fauna of SouthAfrica—elephants, lions, leopards, and such likedenizens of the jungle, disporting themselvesamidst beautiful flowers and foliage, not exactlyof the jungle type. Several speeches of the hope-you11-get-back-all-right order weremade, and replied to in the sense that we allintended to do so, if possible; and our lastevening, for the present, in old England cameto an end with mutual good wishes all round. March 13. As we begin our travels to-day, I had nowbetter keep the story of them in diary form. The start from Embley was really a mostimposing affair : three motor-cars taking us,our friends, and our hand baggage to South-ampton, the first stage of our long journey ;and many a time in the next month or two, A FAREWELL Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 19 when in process of dismemberment on theso-called roads of South Africa, I thought ofthat Hampshire road, 6,000 miles distant, andwas glad that ere long it would be my lot tosee a decent road again. Not that SouthAfrica hasnt in places good roads ; but theyare often ghastly parodies. We reached the Briton of the UnionCastle Fleet about , and found she wouldnot sail till about 4 oclock. The Lairds man,Guntrip, very soon appeared on the scene, withthe welcome intelligence that our trunks, whichhe had brought down to Southampton the pre-vious evening, had all been stowed away in ourseveral cabins. Most of us then made a tour of the ship, inwhich, we soon came to the conclusion, weshould have no difficulty in making ourselvescomfortable for the next seventeen days. Afarewell group taken on the promenade deckformed a conclusion to our inspection ; and the 20 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. accompanying reproduct
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