, 1879-04-05

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Lear,r Of Tho Nnrtbwcst bv u. = pn,t,n,m,s
YHns. isro.,omfc Monographs. No. XII. Iaurr,
II ccuteI
souTu AFRICA.
Gen. s!r Arthur conynehn,nc's experience Ia
South Africa IL described Gy hi,utel} IN hook
~ .,,r. a:c ran,ss rx.ra,.',,.'ss. ..,-a.. -. ,-n
tnld OF the raplllity with which tile manuscript
t,f tic distinguished authnr voQ ,,ut In ,yna md
tho book t,riutcd a,lI bouud.~Il,c ti,na bolug
two weeks IN all, se bel!eye. TIE writing might
bc done BY person used to n,,,,,n, lis IDEAS
tosofheF IN csen shorter Time. Dut the den'
cral Is not ready With his pcu, He ID neither
f,urnt rnr rrarcfut wrt,'r, mn, he eec,n. IN he
oad Observer lilo docsn't kto" surely "i'at
Is Interesting AMI .stlat Isn't. lie cannot dis
crim!uatc between thc trivial u,nl the Important,
''c ne'sona! anu Tue general the ofoaa III" nat'
row views of Question. Ae 'a wosfs. po"p.
olls. md egottstical. fle defe,Mis himself
from vprious t,rutat[nnB which nobody
',. any interest I. 'upp0rs'nK, The aasl,
w o. the Aab1s ~ tHe!s cuaeata'"'
md their refusal to betray him for fl.00o re"
ward offered by The General, rc,nihsis him OF tho
days OF The Pretrnder, when rsward Of t30, 0o0
could not tnluec Highlander to bctray hls
Prince. Tho character OF Str. sicrrinian, tile
cx.Cnlon1nl Secretary OF War, seems to him al
absorbing STUDY fos tllrer contiNrnts. Ills itfeA
OF tic way III w1.ivl. A!stor! x!sou!4 he written
may be gathered from tllr following:
lcon.Ide,nd this 10 ,c a favorable moment for
me 10 y,n,l tho Trauskct, and u the lst of SUycm.
her lutt with my s.aif. officers. Un-
ultimately. t!e sx1e Of ons u H. carts broke In
a not r"csedea ,ore .nah v tam a. m'c %hsn M Ws
enc "GSa ryer ~. @ ss alnk o W. ~ is N s
INK @ and eryipv wsiu onr Trans Of iii KNIT vera
sasl. etc. There vas lt!,!s harm asae except
sst annc soup which our coax had carefully I,aesd
~ }nr haa been tashea 'n'o a'T a'do-ae'cnmp's
helmet: ,.,.. ,.,,,
VI aa @ ooS ~ ~ ow saor ca,aase e, @ . H. !os
usmni wsre nI,.tinsts. Ind uiscar,lcd ali pniinr. sn
o,,s ,msiant was Of. the wheel b rraspis at ,he
dashh"ard. tcsained my pusitton. and got alt
9'e@t M 10 taa 31Ves''
a1G TIKI. aEIs II t., ~ liz IT, 'Es ~ "t'ts' ne
Writisl, - naslnn viii he rla,i tn kno,y wlat s,r
Arthur Conynghane, X. G. D., was tl..ing at evnry
hour III the day, md every lntnutu In ,I,r llour,
Sinec slr Joscph foftef. y: y. D., ucTe hos not
WY ,, murS ha 'ort ni,,stse mi. ,,,
ever. to Intimate tfiat It is utterly valuejcss
Amidst mass Of tsytallttcs there Is much lise
ius intoFmat!oM % to Tue stato oi Affairs u Soufl
Airsfa. Ine e1psf'enco ot luz SIKH hanr War
n vi1t1q Ia ,iv
now being repeated. Mos, of tic troubles seem
to b. duo to llm unrestricted satp ot arms nml
anmunteton 20 ihe natives, which TIC latter
t,ssi, ""sr h". nniai a., I,,,u,"r.a,
aantInritcs nreynnti,,, t6e co,r,.rl and inrn,'.nv
of action mat arc necessary for tic
ttcersstul prosecution oi campaign
% aEatnst n,e savaGes: a, asni to t'M
,n 1no ,nrt;s II ;ann,n ~ thn 1,a,,S H.
paratcI brtsecn lie rn.tye wats In son,,,
n,,fnn md r,,r f,,,ian wors i, nin,. a,I ~
1mtt,s ~ lin I;tfi. Kip nn,r on,i ~, Wr}tts.,
% Isandana cor corfcstMt,d al many ponts % s viii, casb
S:rn' s,x hr,},nr t:,,nyn,,hnu1p' K. q t. win
Mnns II nn,nn NH Nav Y.,rt h;"cu,,,,sn ~ ~ (.
Ep' E,,. prIcc' sS5n1 A'"~''"'~A ~
~' ~'''~'' -
THE src,r7, o1, rrrr ANnrs.
Tho sceno OF this rotnanco Is .weil chosen.
quito IN l''@ must haFa contained the crude
material for many rontanccR. Only sixty ycura
nscvluus to thu opeu',g Of the tale Peru bud
bccr rouou,rcd Nv p,znrro. ou,, thnuoh lbc I'M.
49, =. H'.a' ."" .,la, ~. 'A
u'ss t'au alte' "a'u oso. eas,aSe:t, "e spi.h o.
freedom was not extinct. Mr. llnssaurels has
IowInr part,y the poputar traditions rad Witch @ III bo
toa-naa dnrir, hJs roson,o T., Ior,, ,,,i r.r,,,,
Ia'"." az. uu.'s 40 .ss'.e"eo !" te,u' ""'' pa''y
a's own Invention, has constructed new story.
In tle fctiot the slaycs, while appearing IL their
snIrocv II, iran thcn,sc1vc, In thc rec,ss,a n
Il. n',hf.s,' :, ,,,a .n,s a.. ,,.,.ss, ~.
i'' 'e,s"" ., ~ euo s"'o " wv ne.."seo 'A'''e
Atahualpa. There. upon the throna OF
her nnccstors, sits Toa Ducl,icela,
tho Queen Maiden, Inst OF tic uoyM lima
~ a.. Iro.. =, o,,Ia,. l., ~. 1.aa ,,,',.,, ,'"
iau'e'S uAo ta''a' t"cts atc Aenpeu t'lc u"1ae"
treasures y, Atau'"lpa' III ecaten Q. ""'c" lot
.nacs ., Icy uesn slaH'"a @ , n ~ Msss "nsie,
m hc INV traditionn. iey hnye y btcn 'r,nsca
Grated to tile cause Of Revolution.
In 1bt2 an unlawful tax was t'npnscd upon the
epanssh snson'Sts " nesn " fhi'tD IL the
,ctfnn In. orcn ~ mak"s "5s"tf Sno.. -, ~, ill., ,u
eyutlontsts, offering for tlr[r MD ,jlu treasure
Ut Atalualpa. The conditions nrc fFecdun for
tlie natives and elio position u Queen Cunsors.
Wi.m t;i.m~ "no"enar fas 'er.o, ~ ReoWo as ueet
bcen accented. iIr revolution IL bcpu1,' A''I X
might luyc proved aucypss,ul but ior ite policy
Of Phi!sp. whose. agents allied themselves Will,
": lsIrtectlonlsts. eaiaea topulaf'ty anu con
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