The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
soIITH AFRICAN LETTER
IL poeR WAR SITUATION DE-
s'll .s',,rn az A CORRESPONDENT.
Az Making Every Effort to Sc
Efss0 ,,.,v Recruits-Some OF the
Appeals Made.

c,.,sb Texas, June 22.-The fol-
ceipa' ,.sasting letter from D. n Dunn.
|ssiN ny rorpus Christi boy, who left
irnel last April with $50 head of
|pv oile's south Africa, was received here
Isisl0p .,,,se and ends his epistle with
L by eornt OF the British Boer war
|tiIea M shows the existing conditions
Er'u0u a a,sl, as the anxiety and connlving
ige % s.,,,sh 10 get recruits. The letter
a'E'' Nerrlman, Corpus Christi Texas.
~ : A.. May 8, l9o1.-Dear Sir
priusn .d AS know you have no cor
d TN, in this part of the world,
'G9lu ls, ! would drop you a few lines.
''. - ID day of April. 1901 we loaded
!" a. horses on the steamship Ros'
n'ss ,nd for the British government in
Fns ,t.Ics on the same day ! signed
Ian In charge of the stock, with
muleteers. On April we
Y, anchor and passed down the Missis'
.sor leaving New orleans far be
E MI 10 we crossed the equator at
% degrees west. April 81 we
~ island Of Ascension. This
,.hicb belongs to the British, Is a
Xftnl Mit.S station 1t Is undoubtedly
,ui yy a,i origin, as there is crater of
u Nv'.aaa,ire volrnno to be seen on this
taT md great beds Of lava are also
els' rom the ships decks. The island
Garrison of 5000 men, anu SHIPS OF
"a. A f,sf.t
X seen here a., leland 81 :,
" ap irbls isle is also u naval station
sF la. garrison of 1000 men; steamer
a n1ce month for mail. Years ago
vn great port of call for steamers
s,,llpe sblps doubling the cape of Good
az ,nrp 40 we steamed past the light
Y. Nttwentv miles from Capetown. we
NN.nsnor for the night and laid inside
l.rbor ON May ! we raised our an.
Y. With heavy fog over the bay OF
,a Maintain Imagine freezing wealth
VIZ the drst OF May. Here, however,
4 the beginning OF winter; me Ios
~ X heran to fall faster ana we were
!. ,osg In losing our course, as we could
steann ahead for fear of coming In
.E.lon with another steamer SO we drlft
syouud and blew the fog horn every
y minutes for ten hours until at last
s,W me water daShing madly over the
: ..isrs on the side of the mountain, and
rsrs In about fifty yards of the rocks.
Y, one more turn Of the propeller would
VI Z. sept us ashore on the rocks and We
VA have been lost within ton miles OF
l. 'ssinwu. but we escaped safely and were
4 c,petown in an hour 1t is certainly a
|5It,utful city. II Is on the waters euge
#d l. principally back OF Table mountain
n Law al anchor here all night. ana re
ma orders on May 10 proceed to
frbsn 10 discharge our cargo of $50 head
lSsut two miles down the cu1st from
t rtIown is the great camp of Bocr prls
six consisting OF about $500 men. On
I'm the coast $50 miles we passed Port
Hibeth, small seaport aud twenty
NJ from there a larger seaport OF about
I'D Inhabitants. This place Is called
I Isl London, and $50 miles from East
Sdon ~ the mort of Durham, the place
aur distinction This place Is not 81
sntauous as the country from here e
vetown: It Is more of rolling, nat
], nature, and there are immense farms
H. though they are bare now, as II 4
h II is also a fine stock range; though
stock are not of as good a grade a.
stock In grand eldaireXas,
Now. as TO the war, | will say a word
Two. Tho end Is not near as close as. Won
ht think IL Is Six transports have
b ii. here loaded down with troops
\, . England. Canada, india and Australia
= " We docled May Z In fact they
9 cease coming or course. while tht
eN may not be able 10 win and drive
English out Of South Africa. they
rlve them a "fround" for then money
2 British took out a transport loaded
III Beer prisoners on May for ST
'na, and You could hear them slngne
~ ns for more than m hour. Tell YOU
y British are getting somewhat alarmed
Ne situation Of things, or else they
HE not he printing dodgers advertising
hi recruits. MS Is shown by the following
On pink dodger. which l found scattered
n be streets here;