. Besieged by the Boers; a diary of life and events in Kimberley during the siege . \ ,.»srf ^X. *T^^ * LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R. G. KEKKWICH, NEW USE FOR MINES 167 phere, but this was far better than I had ex-pected, considering the number of people those who were looking after things, Isaw hardly a single man. A few had comedown at first, but public opinion had got ridof them by this time. I spent some time heretalking to the people I knew. Many of themwanted to know whether I advised them to staydown or not. I said that if they were well Ithought they should stay, but if they were
. Besieged by the Boers; a diary of life and events in Kimberley during the siege . \ ,.»srf ^X. *T^^ * LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R. G. KEKKWICH, NEW USE FOR MINES 167 phere, but this was far better than I had ex-pected, considering the number of people those who were looking after things, Isaw hardly a single man. A few had comedown at first, but public opinion had got ridof them by this time. I spent some time heretalking to the people I knew. Many of themwanted to know whether I advised them to staydown or not. I said that if they were well Ithought they should stay, but if they were feel-ing seedy and had a decently strong shelter upabove I advised them to return, for the sake ofthe better air and conveniences. Then I went up to the next level, twelve hun-dred feet down, and found things just about thesame, only it was cooler and the people were, ifanything, packed closer. Walking round anddodging the sleeping babies reminded me of avisit I made to that place near Brigg, where thesea-gulls nest. There you could hardly put afoot down without damaging eggs or youngbirds,
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