I don't read more of it than I can help, but some things I am forced to look at in order to answer; and the more successful my mission promises to be, the more violent and unscrupulous become those whose pockets are threatened by it.

I wait in Cape Town till the next English steamer arrives, and then I mean to start for a short tour in the neighbourhood.

I shall make my way by land to Mossel Bay, and then go on by sea to Port Elizabeth and Natal, where I shall wait for orders from home.

Sir Garnet* has written me a very affectionate letter, inviting me to stay with him.
Here the authorities begin to be more respectful than they were.
Last night there was a State Dinner at Government House, when I took in Lady Barkly.

Miss Barkly would hardly speak to me.