Review of reviews and world's work . ny. As for the gold, that is a mat-ter upon VN-hich I am not an expert, but althoughnot a miner or prospector or speculator myself, Ican give you the evidence of the best authoritiesupon the subject. I have visited the leading reefsand talked with the men who are working them. Ihave brought back samples of the quartz which Ihave had submitted to an analyst in Cape Town,and I can give you here the exact figures as to theresults which the reefs j-ield, and you willsee from these figures that in gold the country is asgood as it is for grazing and farm
Review of reviews and world's work . ny. As for the gold, that is a mat-ter upon VN-hich I am not an expert, but althoughnot a miner or prospector or speculator myself, Ican give you the evidence of the best authoritiesupon the subject. I have visited the leading reefsand talked with the men who are working them. Ihave brought back samples of the quartz which Ihave had submitted to an analyst in Cape Town,and I can give you here the exact figures as to theresults which the reefs j-ield, and you willsee from these figures that in gold the country is asgood as it is for grazing and farming. A CHALLENGE TO LORD RANDOLPH. I have not lived long in the countrv, and do not pretend to speak with anything like the authority . of such men as Selous ; but I have seen Mr. Selous, talked with him, and travelled with him for daj-s and days. I have heard all that he had to say to Mr. Rhodes, and. in short, although our journey was very brief, we heard everything which the best imen in the country could tell us, and the conclu-. JOURNEY THROUGH MASHONALAND. what I say, but by what all the best authorities,Dutch and English, agree upon, and show that hespeaks of that which he knowsobservation or information. nothing without THE AFRIKANDERS STANDPOINT. Perhaps I had better begin by explaining to youexactly where I stand and how I look at the ques-tion of South Africa. I am Dutch by birth andlanguage, but I recognize that South Africa will beEuropean ; the English and the Dutch must unite,as did the Dutch and the Huguenots in the eaiIieryears of the colony. The harmonious union of thetwo white races is the condition of progress andpeace in South Africa. It is the glory of Mr. CecilRhodes that he, more clearly than any other English-man, recognizes this truth, and has at last securedits recognition as the axiom of South African jjolicyeven at the Colonial Office. I am an Afrikander ofthe Afrikander Bcmd and a follower of Mr. Hof-mej^er; but I am also a Cape Colonist, and my id
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