Diary of a tour in South Africa (1912) (14800639003)

Entrance to French Bob's mine at Louw's Creek, Transvaal, on May 2nd, 1909
Identifier: diaryoftourinsou00agat (find matches)
Title: Diary of a tour in South Africa
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Agate, W. (William), 1857-
Subjects: South Africa -- Description and travel 1900-1950 Zimbabwe -- Description and travel
Publisher: Paisley : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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st 98 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. pounding the quartz in a kind of mortar, and then washing it in a large flat pan until nothing was left in the pan but the bright grains of gold. By this time we were quite ready for lunch, which was most acceptable, as we had breakfasted at six o'clock. During the afternoon a war dance of the Swazis had been arranged for our diversion, at the conclusion of which they were to be rewarded with Kaffir beer. The method of regulating the quantity is quite simple. There were no mugs, or anything of that kind, but each boy was allowed to apply his mouth to the bunghole of a barrel, and his quantity was just what he could manage to extract in one operation. We noticed during their dance that they seemed to be doing a lot of unnecessary running about in the intense heat, and Mr. Nicolas told us that was simply because they wished to make themselves as thirsty as possible, before they got their chance at that beer barrel. I took a few photographs ENTRANCE TO FRENCH BOBS MINE.
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Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 99 of their war dance, which give a better idea of the proceedinors than a written description. As it was absolutely necessary that we should reach our car before dark, or else probably get our necks broken en route, we now had to descend into the valley, the Laird again in the hands of Swazi Sandow & Co., mounted in a proper carrying-chair, brought over from the Sheba Mine, which is only a few miles distant. The Laird should have had that chair for the ascent, but it arrived too late. I took his photograph in chair No. 2, but for photographic purposes it was not nearly so effective as the kitchen chair of the ascent, which was quite a conspicuous object on the sky-line. Within a few miles of Louw's Creek, we were blocked at a ford, first by a team of sixteen oxen, which did not delay us long; they, however, were followed by a team of sixteen donkeys, hauling a waggon with far too heavy a load for them to haul up the hill 100 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. from the