. Besieged by the Boers : a diary of life and events in Kimberly during the siege. AA 000 849 634 i. [Page 184. BESIEGED BYTHE BOERS ^ BIART OF LIFE ANDEVENTS IN KIMBERLETDURING THE SIEGE . .By E. OLIVER Lond., Eng., Sur-geon to the Kimberley Hospital WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ^ LondonHUTCHINSON & Row . 1900 PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD. LONDON AND AYLESBURY. TO MT MOTHER AT HOME IN ENGLAND / wrote this Diary, day by day, with noidea of ever publishing it. Now that Iam led to change my plan, to her 5 Dedicate tbis %qQ)^ KiMBERLEY, March 6ih, 19


. Besieged by the Boers : a diary of life and events in Kimberly during the siege. AA 000 849 634 i. [Page 184. BESIEGED BYTHE BOERS ^ BIART OF LIFE ANDEVENTS IN KIMBERLETDURING THE SIEGE . .By E. OLIVER Lond., Eng., Sur-geon to the Kimberley Hospital WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ^ LondonHUTCHINSON & Row . 1900 PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD. LONDON AND AYLESBURY. TO MT MOTHER AT HOME IN ENGLAND / wrote this Diary, day by day, with noidea of ever publishing it. Now that Iam led to change my plan, to her 5 Dedicate tbis %qQ)^ KiMBERLEY, March 6ih, 1900. 1220095 My hearty thanks are due to Mr. MarcusBennett, Mr. C. Evans, Mr. F. H. Hancox,and Dr. Stoney, for the beautiful and interest-ing photographs with which they have kindlypermitted me to illustrate this Diary. E. O. A. INTRODUCTION KIMBERLEY is the second largest townin Cape Colony, and is the largestdiamond-mining centre in the world. It cameinto existence in 1870 with the discovery ofdiamonds, and, including its suburbs of Kenil-worth, Beaconsfield, and Wesselton, has nowa populatbesiegedbyboersd00ashe


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