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Ths IIlh va. Rtserres.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please give
a short sketch 81 the 18th Pa Reserves doth
regiment, lie battles and especially its death
loss IN Killed, wounded, etc, and whether il
was slayer" in battle. {. MILLER, Rem
ircW. Pa.
THE llih In. Reserves doth Pa sustained
the heaviest iOss OF ANY regiment IN the Penn
sylYaula Reserves while lie percentage Of loss
10 among thu largest Of amy in the war. ii was
recruited in Western Pennsylvania, aud arrived
in Washington July 20, 1861, aud was assigned
10 Meade'f second Brigade. At Gaiues's Mill
the 18th held lts position IN the face OF ter
rlble hrc until the other troops had been forced
10 fall back, when, being surrounded by the
enemy, IL was obliged to surrender. Co. Z
escaped the fate Of their comrades, having been
detailed on fatigue duty just before the fight
began. The captured officers and men were ex-
changed Aug. 5, loG2, and reioined the Army
81 tie Potomac before il left the Peninsula.
Resumiug their place in the First Corps they
took part iu The battles Of the Second Bull Eun
or Manassas and South Mountain, and when
they entered the field at Autietam the / lth 4 ad
loss than roo men lu line vi battle. A few re-
cTuits were obtained and some of the wounded
returned, so that the 18th went into action al
Fredericksburg with 39a officers and meu-and
Of these 2ll were killed or wounded. After a
/ few months needed rest al Washington the
I llth Was assigned 10 the Fifth Corps, in which
! they served a. Gettysburg aud IN the wilder
ness campaign la McCBndlcss's Brigade. Craw-
ford'E Division. The 18th was relieved from
duty May ~, ASA and ordered home for mus.
/ Tel out, the veterans aud recruits being trans.
4 ierred 10 tie l99tl Pa The 18th is reported
among the 300 fghtinf regiments 10y Col. Fox
having lost j officers and lS5 men killed OF
died Of w0un5s and one officer and li2 men
died Of disease, accidents, Ia prison, etc. Out
Of q total Of LII men The regiment lad Gsl
] killed and wounded in SIS three years service
which would emphatcaily indicate that they
were "stayers from way back."-EDIroR Ma
1 TI0NAL TEIBUNE
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CoNsuMPTIoN crKEn.

An old physician retired from prnciiee had
placed in his hands by an Last India missionary
the formula 81 simple vegetable remedy ior liz
apeedg nua permanent care 81 Consumption Brou.
chitiE. Cutarrh Asthma aud all Throat and lang
Affections also a positive and radical cnre Tor
Nervous Debility and all Nervous COmDiaints
Having tested lis wonderful curative powers IN
thoiisaiits 81 oHBe6. and desiring 10 relieve human
huherinR will send free of charge 10 al who Nish
y tlrit recipe in German, French or English with
ihil olIectiuns i0r preparing aud using. sent by
mall ~ addressing with stamp. naming this
lsatef' w. A hoKE1 s0 P0SOors BiOok R0oi4Sslsr.
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pETXFS

For each Of the best patches of fats lcharados,
anagrams, etc., and forms diamonds, squares,
etc.. will be awarded a Trenton stem winding
watch. For each OF the next best Cruise OF
the Montauk +" 40 pages. For each of the next
best: Beautiful Homes" 800 pages. For
each OF the three next best patches suitable
prizes will be given. Contest open until March
10. and 10 subscribers only.
For a complete list Of answers 20 this weeks
puzzles n book, 9" Statesneu's Dishes" viii be
awarded. For the two best incomplete lists
viii be awarded two bOnks Uncle Daniels
Story and Artistic Embroidery" In ease
OF the receipt OF moro than one complete list,
the prize viii be awarded by lot
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ment or this department business duties again
necessitating retirement but not until % HouaudT5
Mystery had become one Of Tie foremost.
For nearly two years Mr. CoOus followed the
vocation of drummer. meeting scores Of posers In
his travels, and takes great pride n his extensive
puzZlelstic aCquUIHtauceship. In May OF last year
no took up lIis residence At Washington, and AZ
present holds position Of trust aud responsibility
with the United State, Capitol Life Insurance Co.
lie - the pDsscssor Of n well-equipped reference
library and j. Interested alike in every branch OF
the mystic art. solving. form composing and Hat
writing Mystery has already chrouic.cd the
happy event Of his marriage. which "ccu1 red on
the 10Th Of January hts bride being Miss u Lucille
Irwin G. Lucille, Of tliis city.
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OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
How Comrades Must Proceed 10 Properly File Land
Claims.

S we have had a great
many questions asked by
comrades as TO the
proper methods to pur-
sue in filing land claims
in the new coun try
which has been opened
in the far West TO set
Element, we give below
n letter from Capt. J. V.
Admire, Co. j, 65th Ind
Receiver Of the Land
office at Kingiisher,
Okla, showing VIII a {
steps are necessary for
the veterans TO take 10
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commenced the pubiiea-
ton ofthe J0lirHGi, which
had a life OF one wear, and
was n success financial
~. admitting advertise
ments. From December,
1888. TO April. 1880, he
conducted "a department
in the Household Com
pdniOn. meeting with
more than ordinary stIc-
cess. Ia K Of time finally
compelling him to give
up his charge. This
ended Cile-ter5 editorial
career NATL IIe associated
himself with "a in the in
auguratiOn aud manage
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NO. 3I7-CHARApE.

My FIRST rs common. you may find
And not derived from Greek or Latin,
But AnglO-Saxon. and defined.
by Webster as the verb To " fatten."
Ny MKT il just as common you
May think II out vi hen you're at leisureE
Akin to Anglo Saxon, too
Defined rs profit" "gSin," or seizure"
Do not associate with ALI
Foryou can never prosper well so;
In haunts of idleness and brawl
You find CoMPLETE-"a low, mean fellows
-NYAs. Washington, ID. D.
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NOS. 3l5 6-DIAMoSps,

l. letter. 2. Required. 8 Excited. A
singer. 5. A frearm with matchhOder trigger
aud lumber, made In the second half of the 18th
century. Q. travellers rest-hou-e at the end Of a
dak stngc. =. Transferred. s. Engaged Ia combat
for. 3. Decided an incidental point. 10. The rock
dove. ii. A letter. j. Il. W., Boston. Mass.
/. letter. p A large wooden vessel for holding
water. g. Avoids. 4. PeTfumed. s. African sap o-
taceous trees. 9. The COunty-sent of jefferson
Couaty, III. 7. side dish 5. A prophecies Q.
Teeth. 10. Town OF Spain. province Of SaTagOssa
II. A letter.
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40. 3li-TRANsPasITIox.

My sweetheart wns-wcll surely all
Know well the way that lovers call
Their loves; how the -uperla5ivs
Is Over-wOTked and wrongly used;
You also have, no doub, perused
Words That an ADLER pen did give
Describing what a sweetheart IS,
So mine would only come amiss.
She PRIME not now "A loving glance
To cast at me when e'er we chance
To meet. but cOldly passes by;
Some other youth she now beguiles
With her COMPOUNDED silly smiles,
With many a LAST I often try
To win her back. but always fail
Enough, you're tired Of my wall.
JACK O'LANTEES, Bangor. Pa
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Complete Lists Z. Lucy Date Juaius Lucille,
II. o. Chester, X. Il. Did. q. Race, Alumnus, Da-
mOn.-S
Incomplete Lists: Syas. A. 3 T., Asian, J. How
ard Pearson, Alexander, Aspire, w. d. j.. Hal
Hazard, sammy Smug. Peuu-y delphia. Itami,
Lucfezius BoTEeTs, Primrose, ItJseby. James +.
Bots, ATcaEus. e.. Kerr. Byzantine, MgUde, Harry,
Memo, q. II. Rogers J. T. w, ElseGug, Jack
OIautern, r. HIukcT, VIII U. STuyle. OdoRcer,
GOdey, Pen Ledcil, Alexander, Mack, Ben Irovato,
Dame D., Dorothy DooIittlc. NJ. q. =, u. Wilder,
Pat Riot Castrunsya, Horizon, Zenith, III. ;. Nut.
n Total, 80.
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he city OF Johannes
burg, built on the
veldt, rs a grass-cover-
ed country is called in
South Africa, presents
Ia the distance an I'M
prepOssessing appear
ance. which is due 10
the lack Of aught that
is characteristic OF a
busy town, such as
church steeples, tall
chimneys, domes or
towers, all of which
would break the mo.
notony OF tn @ vast
amount OF galvanized
iron roofing in the
place. upon which the
MONDAY sun glares
pitilessly.
One cannot help
thinking that who
ever has or las not
made 8 fortune in the
gold mines OF the
White Waters Range,
the galvanized iro
manufacturers have
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NO. 3l3-HEPTA0oY

]. A letter 2. To capture. j. Natural. l. OF q
another to any duty position. g. Having no
support. 8 Dry. 10 Slender marine fish Of the
genera BelOne and Tylo-uru-. H. A city OF Central
Asia. ~. To cook completely or sufficiently ~
letter. Lucille, Washington, ID. O.
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Time 20 Rua.
lNclr InrE IrsfIl,l.

Pretty Girl Teacher-Whatl DO you intend
20 withdraw from the Sunday schOolf"
Wah Lee-Yessee. Ne flaiaee stay here
Pretty Girl Tcachcr-AfrAid2 What are you
afraid Off
Wah Lce-Thisee leap.year.
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In n Drug Store.

TStrssi & SmtiAs Good Neirsl
Fair Customer sent my maid here for some
sticking-plasler, and you gave her q porous
plaster.
New Boy-Yes'm. That's the stiekingest
plaster i know Of
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In SOUTH AFRICA,
Notes Of a SOiOuner in The Land Of
KafirS and Beers.

Johannesburg An Is92-A Thriving Town
Its Mixed Population" Different Times,
Different Charges "-The Galvanized Iron
Trade-JeWish Shrewdness-Triolzs OF Ma
tive Serpants-The BasutOs.
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LSrset & Smiths GOOD Ne

LS'rsef G Smiths Good Ne'rs
Mamma lat dinner tablej-Why, Dick, what
are you crying fOrP
Little Dick-BOO- hoo I didn't know there
was any pudding till I got all trough.
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" Il. o. CHIlsTER.

The subject Of our sketch Il native Of Rochester,
y. " and il in his 2lst year. lie beCume Interested
In PuzIledoni ia 1885, through tle medium Of Our
Puzzler in the american RJIrgi Home aud Pun
Zlers Paradise la the EImirl TCirgrIHl, two medi-
OcTs weekly cOlumuS NOW teflu-f- In 1887 he
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An IHquirIng Mind.
- q smLIL-,l Gnnd Nelnl.

Father Everything ] say TO you goes in at
one ear aud out az the other.
LiUtle Son lthoughtlullyl-Is that what little
boys LAS Two ears Tor, paps1
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A Round-Trip Ticket Easily Obtained.

@, bs the
in the o the Grand o Of
aud o 10 %
the der b n
hftOryOf o the
to come,a nda also his wi sons and
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NO. 34S-srAR.

l. letter. 2. The chemical symbol for ceriuul.
g. To stimulate 4. Discussing 5. Domestic. 8.
beginning. ]. Cringing. 3. MirthfaL @ trans
lucent. elastic tissue. 10. Watched over. IL. A
pasture. IL. Village of Genoa. Italy. Is. A letter.
-CAsTRAsoyA, New Chester, Pa.
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Special Correspondents TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
Jan. 15, 1892.
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NEW PUZzLEs.-NO. 80.

NO. 3i0-DELETI0N.
I'm one who's sought the wide world Ger
Wherever man may roam;
You may find me, too in every placs.
In palace and lOwly home.
/ come when blessings hover bright
Around the Preside hearth.
j como when sorrows witliTing blight
Leaves melancholy deaTth.
] come Ia need,
I'm true indeed
In sympathy ! e'er delight
Erase one letter, I'm transformed
To mans most deadly Zoe,
/ scatter blight and wo, and death
Wherever / may go:
With hardened face laugh at GRIEF
Tears never can avail
To thwart my cruel bold designs
In aim | never fail.
-FRASTz, Binghamton, ". Y.
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MYSTERY.

IChoiee o.: ginAl contributions and solutions solo
tied from every reader OF The NATIosAL TEIEUSE.
Write puzzles on one side Of paper. apart from
other communications. Address everything per
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2s6-Ear;h-heart.
-
2so-UIsteri lusieri luresti rulest; suffer; re.
GnIXERg.

Authors Of the above. Dorothy Doolttls Simon
Ease. X. o. Chester. @. Race, Aidyl Arctnus, Nyas,
Damon %, and NJ C. =
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NOTICE: Our authorities are the international
Dictionary, Lippincotts GAZETTEER and Pbilips's
Biographical Dictionary. Words outside OF these
books must be properly tagged. Definitions fol-
lowed by az RsterIsS ~ are found IN the Una
brdged Dictionary.
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CHARLES III. COONS.

'Quiet. calm delibeTation
D.seHiaBgles every knot
Tue GOSDoLIERA
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ss- Answers. soIvers aud prize winners will be
given In ak weeks.
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no. 3ii--H1LF EQCARE.
TT L Y MN

NO. 3ii--HGLF EQCARE.
ITO r. 7. DID
l. A letter. 3 The seventh tone Of any major
diatonic scale. g. An omnibus. 4 A constellation
5. Eminent British angtomst, I6g7-I767. O. Silver,
Of fiber frotn n ctrdipg machine. tCasselTs ERey.
Dicl Z. Certain trees. 8. Queen of Germany
wife Of Henri Aissisur d. POS. g. Strikes or i'm
presses with painful emotions Of fear or dread 10
Broad leather belts formerly by soldiers. used
for cartridges. ID. The person 20 whom fugitive:
from justice delivered by one Government "a
another Il. Deprived Of actual occupancy.
HAL HAZAKD. Baltimore, Nd.
no. 3i2-DOUBLE WORD ENIGMA.
In "baby bOy;"
In "bOst hhoy;"
In ringing bells;
Ia deepest welis.h
TOTAL viii name
A popular game,
Played throughout this land;
10 play you will,
You must have skill
Strength aud steady hand.
C. A. r., GOfIst0wa, II. II.
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of the Soudan, and Of Abyssinia, Of the Congo anu
OF the Zarnbesi, Of the many fruitless attempts
made by many nations to discover, conquer anu
civilize, of the many hopes which have peeh
raised and dashed, of the many expectations WHICH
have been formed and falsifed, it occurs 10 me
that there must be upon this great continent so'e
awful curse some whitening blight, ana tnao "
delude and to mock at the explorer, the soi"-
hunter. the merchant, the Spectator, ana even
NJ ministers and monarchs is its dark fortune
and its desperate fate Lord Randolph Chufcnll
may have been disappointed in the results oil Ills
observations, and have been tempted 10 form
melancholy conclusions; but the reader OF MS
fresh and animated chapters of travel in the Dush
will not have cause to consider that the Journey
was made in vain. The book is most enter
tanning one, rapidly written, but filed with IN
formation If Lord Randolph Churchill has
found so little in English politics to interest hip
during recent years that he has plunged ln1o 'he
heart of Africa in search Of adventures. there
are ample compensations in this volume Tor Dis
temporary disappearance from public LIE.
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PEOPLE WHO BORROW hooks.
From The London Graphic.

Book borrowers arc probably the greatest Nuisance
In the W0lld ana there Is no why they should
cNlst Mt nll III these days or cheap literature of pub
lie libraries. OF Nudes and other establishments
OF similar nature. Book borrowers are usually
lazy people. who VIII not take the trouble TO 60 and
buy book for Themselves il They gct II from a
friend for nothing. | really do not see why u man
should lend his books, any than he should his
chairs or his diningrDom table. You might do with
out the second and the third but you could scarcely
exist without the first II you like 10 give any
book, by all means do SO but If you lend book II
gencIally means losing H. for which you receive no
thanks or even m apology. | have long ago given
borrows n vonme-which he probably does not look
at for fortnight-you Immediately want 10 rcfor 10
II the moment he has left the house once heard OF
fine old biDliophile who had the price put inside all
his volumes. When asked to lend one. he would look
inside IL and say. YES, with great pleasure. | SEQ
tho price Is thirty shillingS which will he refunded
when the volume Is icturned.' lIe argued that n
the book Is really required the money would be cheer.
fully paid but lie found these occasions were few
and far between, and. what Is mon, he never lost
any Of his books, or had them returned In dilapi.
dated condition. "Pi
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TUE work OF THE OcULIsr.
From The London Graphic

IL Is Impossible 10 imagine disaster more appalling
for an hiu.l than the loss OF his cycsght. Manv
such misortncs are annually 10 be found In the lists
OF boneiactions published by the two admirable arr
charities which are now holding their yearly festivals
or course III those cases whore the optic nerve has
pcrshcd recovery hopeless but cataract often Yields
since at seeing hung around the consulting room OF
one OF the most eminent oculiss In London n number
OF drawings painted by artists, chiefly amateur who
had executed them after being rescued by the doctor
from their hight OF blindness. Looking round on
these striking testimonials Of hts skill my attention
particularly drawn 10 which appeared 10 h" n
COPY, and very good too, of n picture by Wheat
lev. the hca:eri-an After Wheatlcyf at asked
" No' replied tho surgeon quickly after cataracts
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DOGGEREL OF GENIUS.
From The London Graphic.
Mr. Kipling,s Rarrack. Room BaIlads, are doggercl

From The London Graphic.
Mr.. Kipling's BarrackRoom Ballads are doggercl
OF genius Their author has borrowed the cheap
rhythms Of the music hall. and handled them with
extraordinary distinction lie has converted the com.
mon speech OF Tommy Atkins into a literary vehicle
and made 1t sing to pa,hos mystery, drunkenness
or devotion HIS language is not the accepted language
of literature. his Is not always-Or often
the Of the post; his cadcnces are monotonous,
and now and again his lines jingle unpcassn,ly.
But OF tho effect there be dOubt: and If IL be
obtained by means not hitherto esteemed legitimate,
what matters the Innovation Art grows BIZ expert
nent ard defiance, and maybe the difference between
Kipling and Byron Is greater than that which sep.
arates Byron from Pope. AT any rate we have here
series OF ballads made out OF the simplest materials
and without parallel In literature Despite the
commences Of their diction, they strike the note OF
emotion, and more than justify the respect which has
pedant-
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In his opening paper on the old English drnmatists
now first published in the June "Harper,. Lowell
has lamented that the taste for English poetry n
least IN Its older examples, Is declining. Il DO not
think this is healthy symptom he says for poetry
equents and keeps habtable those upper chambers N
the mind that open towards the suns rising 4,
has seemed to mo that life was running more ard NOR,
into prose- 80 .s
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Eighty three familiar letters written by Rousseau
to Nine. Boy de la Tour are soon to be published
in France for the first time. Many OF them sn
said to be delightfully."- witty. and they present Tn
author in his home life, leaning over the kitchen
fire. as quarrclling with his neighbors and a. re-
turning from market with a packet OF candles In
one arm and a pound Of coiYee In the other
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Sir Edwin Arnold's son, Lester Arnold, Is also
literary In his tastes He is about to publish novel
Of the Cusades called The Constable OF St. NchoIas
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Tho Catskills and the Adirondacks reached
tho New-Iork Central. See ume table, 40
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Mr.. william Morris, Is at work upon another long
medieval romance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-29

The first folio 1923 edition OF Shakespeare Is unds,
process Of reproduction by means Of photography.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-29

books dealing with dogs Mr. J. Yates cal1fngtons
" Teufe the Terrier Those who heartily enjoyed
the work when 1t out last winter win be sorry
hear that Mr. Darlington. the owner and historian
of "Teufcl,n Is dead.
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The authors adventures in this sportsman's
paradise were nnumcrabc, and he recounts them
in the most mattcr-of-fact way. While riding
through an open glade one day, he suddenly de.
scricd many as seven lions lollopng along about
forty yards of One Of these he secured. bnt
he confesscs that he had little heart for the adj
venture, and that the idea of galloping at full
speed second rate horse through thick bush
trees and grass with lion after him was sinell-
larly unpleasant. Adventures occur in AIashona
Land when least expected as shown by this brief
passage
A curious adventure befeli Mr. Henry C. Perkins the
other day, IN which he had narrow escape from
serious personal injury. lie and his friends were
cxnmioing reef along which trench had been cut.
sunk some six feet In depth AT The bottom OF which
small tunnelng had been made. Mr.. Perkins was
tho REF when fortunately occurred ' TO - HIM fn" Ihnt
rs the sides steep he might have some difficulty
Mr. Perkins and his friends were conversiag on the the
out bonnded among the startled party big leopard
which dashed through their legs ami disappeared Into
abode In the little tn1nclns at tho bottom OF the
intended to do perfectly unarmed. terrible conflict
would probably have taken place between him and
the lcops par IN S%a eSnn ". SprGe from which
been very seriously. II not fatally clnwcd. snakes and
scorpions are constantly found in these old workings
mines not without their own special dangers.
The authors exploration of this vast country
was disappointing in its results so far indica-
tons Of mineral wealth were concerned. lie
visited various reefs where gold discoveries hal
been reported, but his own observations did not
tend 10 confirm the reports of riches in the i'll
terror which had been carried TO the Cape lie
confesscs that he Is at a loss to understand what
is 10 be done with this vast territory which has
been added to the British Empire Agriculture
on n large scale, catte-ranching shccp-farmng.
except for the feeding of q mining population.
would be wild and ruinous enterprise More
over" he remarks, If this region of Africa 50
exceptionally favored in some ways by nature /,
found to le,oj little yalie, how infinitely worth.
less for all European purposes must be the great
district Of the Central Lakes the wide possessions
OF the East African Company, and the much
vannied Congo State Sometimes when thinking
Of Africa as whole. of Egypt, Tunis and Morocco !