Diary of a tour in South Africa . .SV\:»\(\KU .AKA\^ V. Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 207 view of the Peak for fully a couple of hours,indeed, until it began to fade in the distance. June 29, Madeira. This time we have managed to arrive hereon a gloriously fine day, not that Madeira iswanting in fine days ; but our arrival offFunchal on the outward voyage had beenmarked by such an intensely disagreeabledisplay of fog and drizzle, quite of the home-land pattern, that we naturally felt extragrateful for its absence this morning. We must have come to anchor fairly early,as when we turned
Diary of a tour in South Africa . .SV\:»\(\KU .AKA\^ V. Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 207 view of the Peak for fully a couple of hours,indeed, until it began to fade in the distance. June 29, Madeira. This time we have managed to arrive hereon a gloriously fine day, not that Madeira iswanting in fine days ; but our arrival offFunchal on the outward voyage had beenmarked by such an intensely disagreeabledisplay of fog and drizzle, quite of the home-land pattern, that we naturally felt extragrateful for its absence this morning. We must have come to anchor fairly early,as when we turned out of our cabins aboutseven oclock, we found the promenade deckthickly strewn with wares of all kinds, such asembroidery, lace, wicker chairs, etc., etc.—theusual litter, at anyrate from the ordinary manspoint of view, but which seemed to possessconsiderable interest for most of the other sex. 2o8 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. The traders from the shore looked to me to bea proper set of scoundrels. Personally I hadno transactions with them, nor did a
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