Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-19
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XHIT TREKkING AND CAMPING on
THE NEIDT is LIKE.
An Interesting Pc"pIc Seen Mt Close
Ruucc-A Whole Household
on the Move.


Pretoria. Time: July-rnil- winter IN that
southern clime-iu the wear of grace 1S'D
The nucleus Of the little settlement is
f,rruaa hv a do.nc-capped building. sur
nl.uu,iug ;he hot spring from which the
place takes its name and four rows of
corrugated iron bath houses. whore the
serious part of the days work is carried
on Thr. Jr- besides a large one-storied
lu;cl, newly erected. store or Two. a
pos. unl.,. and police room. and then
t.utS tens tents all occupied by Beers.
Th,y have pHtruniZed the place for years.
and come from great distances "trekkins
in their big wagons. with their tents
strapped outside and their domestic goods
ana ,hI.;,ls, plus the entire family, in
sid. and a more desirable trip for some
e.. ,l.,.-., tlp-rountrv Beers than a visit to
1hs warm laths ! for one cannot conceive.
Til, wdrer # the hut spring contains sui
J!Ir ana other medicinal properties very
i.n"hc4,h Tor rhcumat-sm ana such all
m,u:~. from which TrinSvaa!"rs suffer
grady. dry though their climate is.
Dro party Is "n"n' one. consisting of
rrAn.imnth,r mother and little girl. all
pu,ch. amt MY English self We also are
living in fonts. two in number. one Tor ear
Sag lrd sitting in. The other for sleeping.
Both have carpets on the iloor. with a
1h;rk layer ri dry grass underneath,
slriukiei with sulphur to keep the snakes
AWAY and salt to destroy the ants. The
l..irrrm tent has real bedstcads. with
,I.--N ,,,rp, coverings them If
Icing winter the nights and early mornings
~. ,-,,I and W.. never think OF rising ill
q knock ut The door announces the cups
OF no, c'fce without which TO well-regu-
A., Tn, sitfinsr r..,rr .cnt contains two
-.jles fn1,r chairs . siIehoard trlade out
u packing ease, fitted with shelves 10
hold crockcry. eicD. another packing case,
also h:tad with shelves and promoted To
L., a y,.,r.Ir,fa 1r.l q few more boxes each
IiHyius in lis turn IS many paris as the
ma that Shak ,~poarc has described. Al
~ I.lr,, If our tents Tom our Zulu
..bav..' aud soil. attendant of the house
m. lineage of I[iut, I,.uIZuIu hv ih. hve
H. NIL. hfn,-,!f a little kitchen h, IN
closing piece of ground with a reed fence
Grv E,,Ir,rh's round The whole homestead
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" IA .,II ,,i,. co,ti7,e, IN r,Iain air over
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Mt. The latter being a mode of cook NJ
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