They Have Not Forgotten The Old Persecutions, And Are
Civil To The Coloured People, And Speak Of Them In Quite A
Different Tone From Other English Colonists.
Moreover, they are
far better mannered, and more 'HUMAN', in the German sense of the
word, in all respects; - in short, less 'colonial'.
I have bought some Cape 'confeyt'; apricots, salted and then
sugared, called 'mebos' - delicious! Also pickled peaches,
'chistnee', and quince jelly. I have a notion of some Cherupiga
wine for ourselves. I will inquire the cost of bottling, packing,
&c.; it is about one shilling and fourpence a bottle here, sweet
red wine, unlike any other I ever drank, and I think very good. It
is very tempting to bring a few things so unknown in England. I
have a glorious 'Velcombers' for you, a blanket of nine Damara
sheepskins, sewn by the Damaras, and dressed so that moths and
fleas won't stay near them. It will make a grand railway rug and
'outside car' covering. The hunters use them for sleeping out of
doors. I have bought three, and a springbok caross for somebody.
April 17th. - The winter has set in to-day. It rains steadily, at
the rate of the heaviest bit of the heaviest shower in England, and
is as cold as a bad day early in September. One can just sit
without a fire. Presently, all will be green and gay; for winter
is here the season of flowers, and the heaths will cover the
country with a vast Turkey carpet.
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