e greatest majority by far denounced the Raid, and yet everyone spoke
kindly of the personality of Dr Jameson. A gentleman from the Eastern
Province informed me that the Jameson family has suffered greatly in
public estimation. One of the brothers who lived at King Williamstown
had felt himself obliged to leave the Province and return to England,
and if the Doctor succeeded in being elected to the Cape Parliament, it
was said he would be certain to meet with much unpleasantness.

I believe there were 1,097 souls on board the _Norman_ on this voyage.
The noise was therefore terrific and continuous, and if any of the
weaker constitutions suffered as much as I did through want of sleep and
rest, they must on arrival at Cape Town have been in a pitiable state.
Above and below it was perpetual unrest and uproar. Though large and
beautiful, these Cape steamers are badly designed internally, and the
cabins are extremely small, and so arranged that a passenger is subject
to the caprices of his neighbours on either side. My neighbours were
unfortunately quite ignorant of the meaning of the word "considerate."
When an Ismay, such as he who reformed the Anglo-American service,
becomes interested in the passenger traffic to the Cape, he will find a
multitude of little things to improve. On returning to England, I found
the S.S. _Moor_ much superior for passenger accommodation.

The inconveniences arising from an overcrowded steamer are too many to
be disposed of in a paragraph, but it is enough to say that I was
uncommonly glad when the voyage was ended, and I was free to seek a
hotel.

It must impress anyone who takes a sympathetic interest in what he sees
in South Africa, that in some things the country is far behind New
Zealand, Tasmania, or any of the Australian Colonies. It is more
backward than any of them in its hotels. There are, within my
knowledge, only three hotels in all South Africa to which I would
venture to recommend a lady to go. South Africans, of course, are able
to endure anything, and as the Veld is comparatively but a step from
most towns, any place that offers a decent lodging must be regarded by
the men at least as infinitely superior to an ox-wagon, a zinc hut, or a
farm shed. But I am thinking more of the effect such hotels as those of
Cape Town must have on people from Europe. This city, which is the
capital of Cape Colony, contains a population of about 52,000, exclusive
of the suburbs, but i