He had not received The General's wire saying I was coming for the simple reason that, not wanting to be bothered with mails or telegrams for a couple of days, he had instructed the post office people to forward all his dispatches to a place which he did not intend to go until the next day!" If public receptions at railway stations, speeches and addresses by Governors, Mayors, and Ministers, and Press eulogies could have satisfied him, The General could not but have been delighted with South Africa, as the following extracts may show.

In _The Ladysmith Gazette_ we read:-- "General Booth has flashed past Ladysmith like a meteor, but I am inclined to think he has left a trail of light behind him.

It is fifteen years since I last saw the Leader of The Salvation Army.
Those fifteen years have made but little alteration in the man.
There is the same old Saxon profile, the same storm-defying, weather-beaten, almost eagle-eyed features, and the same slightly rasping, but intensely interesting in its earnestness, voice.
"There is plenty of strength still in that patriarchal figure, and with the exception of a slight stoop The General is as vigorous as he was fifteen years ago.

In appearance, The General reminded myself of Canon Kingsley.

They have the same Anglo-Saxon, falcon-like features, and the same indomitable energy and courage.
Canon Kingsley was not so well provided with hair as The General; but, on the contrary, he could boast of a more prominent nasal organ.