Had this good but misguided fanatic been armed with a real weapon, the crew of the _Spray_ would have died a martyr there and then.

The next day, seeing him across the street, I bowed and made curves with my hands.

He responded with a level, swimming movement of his hands, meaning "the world is flat." A pamphlet by these Transvaal geographers, made up of arguments from sources high and low to prove their theory, was mailed to me before I sailed from Africa on my last stretch around the globe.
While I feebly portray the ignorance of these learned men, I have great admiration for their physical manhood.

Much that I saw first and last of the Transvaal and the Boers was admirable.

It is well known that they are the hardest of fighters, and as generous to the fallen as they are brave before the foe.