Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-11
A Weeks Outing in South Africa.

broke upon the rock bound shore. 10
the ieu the ycldt WH. broken un Boy
d,cp kloofs. dense'H wooded. ih.
home and the haunt of tU. HusHhH.
! koodoo. wild pfg., balloons and
monkeys. numerous cattle U..lHgn. to
the settlers and natives dotted the
grassy veldt, the wHa. picture being
. backed up by the Graham town heights.
Charlie cspied a ua.s Ire.. auI %
cloud OF dust IN the distance. lu forty
minutes We were .......u. and dis.
covered IL 10 Dc The wagon and ut team
of fricn OF his. NHIHm. 10th we
| climbed in and q vcr merry crowd ws
we're. All bound Tor Oh. .Hma I.sf.nH.
ton. A colonial transport WAGON Ba
pundcrous affair. tha bed stands hga
| it ct from the ground HH fU. wagon s
I from twenty to twenty-five ret .un.
eight feet from rail tu Ia. and WiII glffy
load OF ouo1 N.. '.. who'll. being
drawn by a span u' uHUu oxen. A
tent generally cover lH. tear UuI. but
,his being pleasure party there wa. o.
tent over the whole Wagon. UUI.l. were
spread over the bed lHn.. .uI DO was
Quite an oriental scene. tI. way ws
Illlcd around Occasion ,.y 1874. would
strike chuck hole. tUl.e would bs %
painful pause aud W. would sia,t Co
sort ourselves out once more, Colonial
girls found very entertaining and NOT
al 40 shy. the youHE lUU. ui the
party entertained us uIh very credit.
able part singing Charlie H.FnI up
banjo from somcWhU.a lHI spoiled Dc
alI. he b. a good fellow. uU' uH glut
sing. We arrived within mUr of
camp and then ouUpHHugi tlc sirwcr
suN Taking a convenient sand bank $500
were soon lullel to sleep by iHc TUt. 10.
tlc sun aud Cheerful sap NIp u. The
iJcklls. ON aWaklu. DOSE morning Wu
found Olmia had iulu.I 20. boo n. night
with The Scotch cart 7. aIy of uuI
readers cuuicmp'li. .imHIH. out 'us.
one word ass 90 sleeping uU che ground
Unless you want 10 cultivate Top sided
gait dix hole Tor your hIp joint % rest
900. % is advisable. South Africa sup
ports some very healthy and energetic
mosquitoes. and when tH.y join force.
with the ticks, the pHUI victim has au
ungnwablc time, The ."t coast is che
happy hunting ground u. tha gay and
festive tick As small 70, pin heads
they bang ON every Efas blade,
sheep cannot live where they abound,
unless O. milch COW o. attended TO once
q week she gets ruIHnHt Tine same with
% h0Nvi the little tics Iu.t selects % son
spot, huUcg his head aud boo 3D. ieW days
grows Hs biz CO.'S haze. uU % not
d'ssvCiel with pair u. H.' sUr when 10
gets mliUrgt, drur col Hd produce,
q thousand young uU I torture suffer
ius humanity
Charlie says 10 g. another OF the ad
vantage ui South Au.l-"l man can
always indulge in good scratch
Next day Nc pitched our tent on High
Street. Canvas Town. and were Gu
rolled as two Of its gUuHs. We found
there were three duUu.. camps, Upper
Albany. Lower ALBANY anal the Mulh1.
disis. ! am sorry o. ay that thr young
men, and a good many of the old ones
for that, would visit ilr latter camp
when 70 was wrapped Boo slumbcL as. |
change the dishes around, swap the ]
clothing, hll the coffee kettles with sea /
water ETC.. and then get round early Boo |
the morning to borrow little milk, aud /
incidentally take IN the remarks banded |
about camp
The program every day would open |
with general sclmpar along the beach |
90 sunrise end in two minutes 600 shout /
ing uproauous beings would be rolling /
around in the suri. playing lil kinds of /
tricks ON each other, each man seem. |
ingy doing his best TO down his neigh.
Dor, then breakfast and the days dOings |
mapped ont. Some would 20 hunting
iu the sand hills Tor small game others |
fishing, the majority flirting. one day |
was devoted to athletic sports between
the rival camps. Yet another In rifle
shooting and dyuamitng fish iu the
sea. A sheltered hole amongst the rocks |
Is selected so the swimmers wont Doe
beaten ON the rocks hy the surf. "A /
heavy charge OF dynamite Is thrown in, ]
oil 10 goes, a column of water b. blown |
ln the air together with some fish. iu !
go twenty or thirty men and boys
There is mo- fear of sharks. 400 the ush ]
that survive The blast have pressing /
appointments elsewhere, the iun n fast |
and furious, boys diving and bringing /
up fish OF getting them on the surface. |
trcadiug water and throwing them |
ashore until the Atmosphere is black |
with them, now and again some big |
FISH will be hali stunned aud there Wi.l |
Dee 20 as you please wrgslle boz the /
walter We had the gall 10 ny and g1p.
tufp % four foot shark one morning. but |
he snapped bis Jaws in such AN Boo /
hospitabIc manner that wr made way
Tor him. counted no less than Gao |
Gsh from one blast M edible. varying
In size from six inches TO three feet |
long. But the evening was the time
when we put ON our best duds and |
promrnadcd 90 the music Of Canvas
Town baud whats in namc0 Zach
hoy had his best g.Tl. aud mighty scnii.
mental some of them waNcd under the Z
combined influence OF the moonlight. /
and the sad sea waves, whilst the old /
farmers sat around told snake stories. /
backed their Oft OK against someone |
clses leader OF maybe talked OF old |
times aud native rebelIiun5 over their |
pipes aud grog.
GIogu T.. CAprENrrR.