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Identifier: diaryoftourinsou00agat
Title: Diary of a tour in South Africa
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Agate, W. (William), 1857-
Subjects: South Africa — Description and travel 1900-1950 Zimbabwe — Description and travel
Publisher: Paisley : [s.n.]
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han theStock Exchange side of the picture. Afterthis we motored for several miles along theWitwatersrand Range, the reefs of which have 90 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. made Johannesburg what it is, and which ex-tend for about 130 miles east and west ofthe city. In the year 1886, there were onlya few straggling shanties along the line ofreef;—now the population of Johannesburgis about 160,000 (much the largest city ofSouth Africa), with a rateable value of over^40,000,000. On returning from our drive, Mr. Nicolastook us to the Rand Club for tea. In theirappointments, it, and the Carlton Hotel are fitto rank with anything I have seen in London orelsewhere. Before parting with Mr. Nicolas,we arranged that he should travel with us tothe Barberton district, where it was proposedto visit French Bobs Mine. It was againbitterly cold that night, and we did not moveout of the car after dinner, as we were alltired after the days sight-seeing. SURFACE WORKINGS. ROBINSONS DEEP. •^K\•;\^^
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Diary of a Tour in South Africa. 91 April 30. Pretoria. This morning we continued our journey,leaving Joeburg, as they call it, at twelveoclock, and reaching here at 2 p.m. Pretoria isthirty-two miles by road, and forty-five by trainfrom the former city, 1,300 feet lower, and verymuch warmer. Church Square (so called onaccount of the Dutch Reformed Church, whichformerly stood in its centre) is an extensiveopen space in the middle of the town, andcontains some very fine public buildings, ofwhich the Government Buildings and theCourts of Justice are the most noteworthy.Amongst others we saw, were the one-storiedhouse of the late President Kruger, andthe Dopper Church, where the would-beMonarch occasionally preached. We also sawhis grave. There being nothing else of much impor- 92 Diary of a Tour in South Africa. tance to see, we got back to the car in goodtime for dinner, and just as we had finished—8 P.M.—we were coupled on to the train leavingfor Delagoa Bay. Miles from Johannesbu
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