Diary of a tour in South Africa . esting day. i6o Diary of a Tour in South Africa. May 31. We got up this morning to view preciselythe same scenery, or rather absence of it, thatwe had last night at sunset, and similar cloudsof dust, but since breakfast we have hadseveral diversions. I omitted to say, that just before we leftBulawayo yesterday, we received a messagefrom the traffic superintendent, saying that ourcar appeared not to be in very good runningcondition, as there was a very decided sinkingtowards the centre (which we ourselves hadalready observed), the result, probably, of ourhuge q
Diary of a tour in South Africa . esting day. i6o Diary of a Tour in South Africa. May 31. We got up this morning to view preciselythe same scenery, or rather absence of it, thatwe had last night at sunset, and similar cloudsof dust, but since breakfast we have hadseveral diversions. I omitted to say, that just before we leftBulawayo yesterday, we received a messagefrom the traffic superintendent, saying that ourcar appeared not to be in very good runningcondition, as there was a very decided sinkingtowards the centre (which we ourselves hadalready observed), the result, probably, of ourhuge quantity of luggage and general stores,(bottles always do weigh a lot)! Of coursewe have been running now continually for twomonths, during which time the car has neverhad a chance of going into dock, and, doubt-less, there are by this time lots of loose boltsand screws that want tightening up. However,they let us go on with the Zambesi express, A SUMMER RESIDENCE IN THE RHODESIAN FOREST. V/AV\0-\ YxK\^AaOWV\ \^\\6\\9i %A\K\Viy^ K. Diary of a Tour in South Africa. i6i but sent a mechanic with us, to see how the carwould behave during its journey to said mechanic didnt do much besides payus a visit en route, and was received in thedining-room, where he wearied us for a longtime with yarns of what the car might do. Like most of the railway men up country, hewas a Scotchman, and doubtless the humancontents of that dining-room, made it seemfor the time being like a little bit of Scotland,the illusion being probably completed, whenGuntrip was instructed to see that he got adose of the famous Highland medicine, whichwe always carried with us in case of things our Scotch friend had said mighthappen, didnt, but shortly after breakfast wefelt the brakes go on with rather a jerk, andwe came to a sudden halt, followed by a racingup and down of the train officials, to see whathad gone wrong. The mischief was after awhile located in our section of the vacuum 162 Di
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