Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-04-06

strlkenly picturesque appearance.
There is a great many fine buildings
in the city, beautiful park and an
old fort built by the Dutch a great
many years ago; this fort is still kept
up and is garrisoned with English
soldiers. Cape Town has about
$4,000 inhabitants, chiefly English
and other Europeans, Malays, Zulas
and Rafirs, the two latter being the
Natives of South Africa. Ostrich
farming is very extensively carried
on here. The feathers of these birds
can be bought here at remarkably
low price, and their eggs are sod as
curiOsities; they are about the size of
cocoanut with a very thick shell;
one egg viii make an omelet large
enough for half a dozen men: they
have a peculiar taste something lise
duck egg. While at Cape Town
we procured horse and buggy and
took a ride of about twenty-five
miles in the country, passing numer-
Gus small towns on eur way. We
returned at night, having very
lonesome drive in strange country
expecting every moment to be cap
tured by the Natives, but we sue
ceeded in reaching Cape Town
without any accident. The RaffiIs
are the queerest looking people we
have ever seen, they remind us very
forciably of the trunk of a knotted
tree. The Zulas are very fine look
ing people, very large and straight
The diamond fields OF SO til Afric,
is situated about IS miles from Cape
Town. These N mes are owned and
worked by the English. Detectives
are employed to prevent the mine
from appropriating the gems, and 1t
is almost a matter of impossibility TO
them to do so. Should they man
age to steal the gems and are caught,
they are sentenced to work on the
sea wall at Cape Town for one Or
more years according to the amount
stolen. On several occasions large
amounts in d;amo, ds have been
stolen but it is very rare thing now
always as the miners and others
employed about the mine are c'ose]y
watched by tn detectives. We
thought of ascending to the top Q
Table mountain but gave up the
idea as we heard that several per
sons had lost their way on the noun
tain aid had perished. This noun
tain foretel's the approach Of storm
a cloud will 70 over the top Of the
mou tain, and " hen this oud, which
is cal ed the ''table CLOTH is spread
it is the sign of an approaching storm
We took a stloI along the beach as
far as the Cape, which is not far from
Cape Town, to note the results OF
the storms which had ragged off this
coast. We saw many signs of terri
bic storms IN the numerous wrecks
which strew the beach for N my
miles. The scenery was grand and
picturesque. We aill not attempt to
describe the scenery as we know we
could not do justice to its rugged
beauty. As we gazed upon the
wrecks Of the numerous vessels we
could not but feel thankful that we
had been delivered thus far from the
nerils Of the sea. But we have yet
long passage before us and the sea
is very treacherous. 'Only those
who brave its dangers comprehend
its mysteries TEe life Of sailor
at times IS very bard, it
has its advantages and pleasures.
He is always seeing some strange
and wonderful sight, visiting all the
in the world, thereby gain
inc knowledge which cannot be
obtained from books. We may read
Of foregoing countries in our histo- !