, 1877-03-03
no1d In the Arctic Regions
Misfortune and Ill.
Health.
Extraction Of Attars.--Fish.cu1"
ture...A Venomous
Spider.
The. Apple as a Health ~Preserver.'.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is
1lind7
LITERATURE.
af,lrTtr AFRICA.

9ftIJTII AEnlCA.
LIFE m SOUTH AFRICA. 1'y Indy DAnKEn.
Author Of "staflon'Llc IN =, NOW i, 1ealann i:l;,,
,nstosiea APooa' finninrott III CO. Chicago:
Iia5isy bros. Il Co., and Jansen, McClurg d Co.
Price, 81 .
A new book by Lady naskcr 10 sufo OF cor
dial greeting from a,a "oo naow WIZ. ..1e eptsu.v
and entertaining Enss y, ,"1 au. H.. ,., na'
been hcr lot 70 foseh goou oea. a11as NV ""'''
and to awe'i az 7as'ous ,'.'ac' ~ ~ ."o ~.
hcrs OF II ana eSe!y""elo s.o sus u'sHulso
nist. .With tlo chses'eet eoo.,'aus.ol s''o n.y.
commodities herself 10 nofe' c'teuns'ahccs'
oycr.omiug or accepting With unrulllcd spirits
tbc n,ost uncomfortable experiences, and co1,i-
inp "p mi n'r r,rtorls from every one oi tc1n by
the slmp'c force Of bfaso anu bll'ho uspoa'-
t,on. Iicr books arc cl'1efy lnat'c up OF records
ofher lIfo In remote aud nowls-scttlea lnnds'
sunny pa1uta u a'' .a' "''e.. x,. =, t....x.
Tho present work comprises series Of lettcrs
ilatcd fl Natal, all ENGLISH colony situated on
tho southeast coast Of Africa, about 600 milcs
notlacas' as u .uo sapc ~ , n,ua n'p' ," , ~ 10y
bcr, 1876, Lady Barker followed her husband,
who had preceded her by eight mouths, to this
% t,st m M ncr rc,i,1cco #, pletormafltzburr,
Wok W hef te'"sn.o :" w.. aa.,."t ~ ~
MaFltzourg' a. tlu e'ats .-lau eap.a' .. sno
eoony. Tlo town ffsytwo miles esn niad t from from
D'Usban, Or Port Natal anu 2,ooo fcet above
tho level OF TUG sea- II poasts oi iofly yours ol
e,omt" u'' as ~, a'a'e, 20 ~
tn. T., .,,,. ~ IN, rn1lfsi, t,it,uto. n 'nnsj.t.
.As ~ WV y. NV A"s,.' ~" eo0 .,.e
"oi lew hta'el', "ldc' e1ass-efo"h sltcets'
which arc only picturesque At 4 little '!lssanse
on account "l tht'1 having leees on eaen sue;
ins.o ,., ia 'os H. h'.'u y, ~. 1a!'soe M .," . Tna
'a'",y "uGee'1, uu"u's ~ t"o "ioo l!aeS. t',o
slo,,glns u tcspou, but they aro capable OF bc-
Ing changed by dry Weather into deserts Of
dust. There aro eoi,u fnirly goutl shops,
hut tbes make no show outside, md, within,
tho prices Of most Of tho articles sold urc rcar-
either nt Melbourne or nt Cl,ristel,arvh.n
There arc no .avtgab[c rivers IN NataI, md nj
yet no rallrnasts aru in running order, although
g llnu OF $50 miles, beginning at D. urlmn, Is III
pastation are, therefore, accomplished over
itghways which, ut must t.1nss Vi thu year, mrs
II s,eurly impassabln condition. Every article
used ~ ths solnn!sts Is dragged Ns a SLOW pate
twenty 70 fnrty oxen. At the head Of this long
..forcloopcr,' who tugs at a rope fastened to tho
erns q s tang Sna IL ot
Wrung airing mud ret tic whole tenn fnto M,
luextrtca1le tangle uf hnrns md yokcs.' Dur
Ivy q eiug!c day. ?9o OF These teams may bo
counted letwcc,i b'Urlan and Maritzburg:
"saa'cthtng likc looO oxet," says Lady
winter; and what wonder Is IT,. not only that
nlcrvlandIse costs .nuro to fetch up fro1n
n'urbuu to Marltzllurg than IT. does K, bring II
out from Engand, but tlat beef is dear md
bal! As transport pays better than Turning,
w heat. on all sldcs u farms thrawn out :!
milk, butter, anil so furth aru hcarco and poor,
aud, in tho Relgh!so1!seod II MarItzburg, al
lrast. u Is estccn'c,l favor to let you have
quality. Waen ous tooss round st thesc cou,,t~
less acfcs Of splendid gruzLng iantl, tnaklng D
sort of natural t,ark Oh either hand, tt seems
stautly 10 use preserved milk and lwttei mcat,
as bclug geapcr and easier TO procure than
freak" -
cd lauts il the cout,try arv yon5yytl t.3 tic "
entity OF tbs mountains la the western norton,
and 10 cprtnir tracts a1o,,n to sca1s,ast Si,a,,g
thu co!oni.ts: hi. oTrrnt wltcrc ti,eso ars M.
tiacfally cultivated. tho hiis aud railing t'ajns