CHAPTER LXIX.
An Absorbing Novelty--The Kimberley Diamond Mines--Discovery of Diamonds -- The Wronged Stranger--Where the Gems Are--A Judicious Change of Boundary--Modern Machinery and Appliances--Thrilling Excitement in Finding a Diamond--Testing a Diamond--Fences--Deep Mining by Natives in the Compound--Stealing--Reward for the Biggest Diamond--A Fortune in Wine--The Great Diamond--Office of the De Beer Co .-- Sorting the Gems -- Cape Town--The Most Imposing Man in British Provinces--Various Reasons for his Supremacy--How He Makes Friends CONCLUSION.
Table Rock--Table Bay--The Castle--Government and Parliament--The Club -- Dutch Mansions and their Hospitality--Dr.John Barry and his Doings--On the Ship Norman--Madeira--Arrived in Southampton FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR.