. South Africa. the MahrattaWar in Western India, where by his skilful movementshe had cut off the enemys line of retreat. But histriumph was marred by a terrible sorrow, for his youngwife, whom he had married only three years before,died at Meerut. Broken in mind and body, he wasinvalided to the Cape, and there, during the absence ofLord Charles Somerset, he acted as Governor. Hethrew himself with his whole heart into the work ofsettlement, and after making arrangements for thereception of the settlers in the interior, went down toAlgoa Bay to superintend the last stage of their
. South Africa. the MahrattaWar in Western India, where by his skilful movementshe had cut off the enemys line of retreat. But histriumph was marred by a terrible sorrow, for his youngwife, whom he had married only three years before,died at Meerut. Broken in mind and body, he wasinvalided to the Cape, and there, during the absence ofLord Charles Somerset, he acted as Governor. Hethrew himself with his whole heart into the work ofsettlement, and after making arrangements for thereception of the settlers in the interior, went down toAlgoa Bay to superintend the last stage of their he laid the foundation-stone of the first house ofthe new town, which he called Port Elizabeth, inmemory of his dead wife, Elizabeth Markham, eldestdaughter of Dr. Markham, Dean of York, and he alsobuilt an obelisk to her memory on one of the adjoiningheights. Sir Rufane lived to be an old man, honouredfor his work in war and in scholarship, but he neverforgot his first love, and when he was buried in Old 1820 Settlers and their Boer Convoys THE 1820 SETTLERS Pancras Churchyard, the urn which held his wifes heartwas buried with him. But the real memorial of thissad love story is the great town of Port Elizabeth. Sir Rufane had brought together a large numberof Boers with their wagons. These wagons werestronger and heavier than any vehicle the new settlershad ever seen. They were built of well - seasonedcolonial wood by the wagon-makers of the were covered with canvas tilts to protect thetravellers from sun and rain, and were drawn by teamsof from ten to sixteen oxen over all sorts of country—rock and bush and river drift. In front sat the driverwielding an enormous whip which made the oxen strainon the long rope of twisted thong, while a young Hotten-tot, running before, led the first pair of oxen by a thongattached to their horns. In this way the settlers joggedalong through a country stranger and wilder than any-thing they could have conceived. At night t
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