Through South Africa, by Henry M. Stanley, MP, DCL

About this eBook

Author

Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904

Title

Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

South Africa -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32913

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32913

Release Date

June 20, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Through South Africa" — Preface. — Chapter One. — Bulawayo, November 5, 1897. — Bulawayo. — The New Railway. — In one of the Cape Specials. — A Message to Mr Labouchere. — The Capabilities of Bechuanaland. — Mafeking. — In Khama’s Country. — What Water Storage would do. — Pauperising the Native. — Nearing Bulawayo. — Sir A. Milner at Bulawayo. — Chapter Two. — Bulawayo, November 10, 1897. — “Rhodesia has a Great Agricultural Future before It.” — The Opening of the Bulawayo Railway. — “Few Events of the Century Surpass it in Interest and Importance.” — An Embryo State “Fairly Started into Existence.” — “Enormous Possibilities in View.” — The Founding of Rhodesia will cause a Re-Shaping of Policies. — The Lesson for Portugal. — Lessons to Northern Neighbours. — How an Enlightened Transvaal should view the Spread of Free Institutions in the North. — The Cape and German Pushfulness. — Bulawayo reminds Mr Stanley of Winnipeg. — Prices of Property and Stands in Bulawayo. — Hotel Life at Bulawayo. — Prices of Living and Wages at Bulawayo. — Bulawayo’s Buildings and Institutions. — Bulawayo’s Great Defect.—Better Water Supply Imperative. — Lo Ben’s Kraal. — From Cape Town to Bulawayo Mr Rhodes Spoken of “With Unqualified Admiration.” — Chapter Three. — Bulawayo, November 11, 1897. — The New Era in Rhodesia. — Noble Timber in Rhodesia. — A Magnificent Forest of Teak. — Plenty of Evidences of Gold. — “The Best Mines in Rhodesia.” — The Unreliability of Assays. — Chapter Four. — Letter from Johannesburg. — Go-ahead Bulawayo. — Johannesburg’s Wrongs. — Contact brings Conviction. — Johannesburg Early Last Month. — Effects of Bad Times. — And Another’s. — Passing Customs at Vereeniging. — Getting News from the Rand. — A Panoramic View of the Mines. — Population and Area of Johannesburg. — The Streets of Johannesburg. — Johannesburg as it was and is. — Krupp Guns in Eden. — Then and Now. — Johannesburg and its Great Industry “Subject to Senile Madness and Boorish Insensibility.” — “Overmastering Surprise” at the State of Things on the Rand. — Nailing it with Scripture. — Kruger’s Cant. — Two Millions on Forts while People Starve. — That Corner-Stone. — Wolf! — The Dynamite Disgrace. — The Presidential Dotard will be Elected a Fourth Time. — My Advice to “The Bright, Clever Men at Johannesburg.” — Chapter Five. — Pretoria, South African Republic. November 23, 1897. — Paul and his Oil Painting. — The Transvaal “Sir Oracle.” — The “Humbug Pose.” — Look on this Picture and— — On This. — Kruger’s “Strength.” — The Efforts to Educate Kruger. — Mr Chamberlain and the President. — Paul’s Spoof. — “A Boer Machiavelli.” — How the Convention was Contravened. — The Racial War Bogey. — The Laws of “A Choleric, Obstinate Old Man.” — Uitlanders’ Rights secured by a Solemn Convention. — What Kruger’s Policy will Lead to. — Those who Pay the Piper. — Kruger’s Cant. — Mr Chamberlain’s Lost Opportunity. — Force no Remedy. — Salvation Lies in a United Johannesburg, Passively Resisting Tyranny. — Chapter Six. — Summary of a Few Impressions. — The Labour Question in Natal. — Natal should be Better Advertised. — More Settlers Wanted in South Africa. — Immigration Wanted to Counterbalance Boer Influence. — A Hint to Downing Street. — Australians Available. — Charming East London. — How Farmers Make Profits. — Rhodesia in the Hands of Land Grabbers. — What the Chartered Company should do. — Rhodesian Railways. — Black and White.

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