The Geography of British South Africa
The Geography of British South Africa
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It carried goods quickly and surely; it took men through so fast that they had not time to get fever. So useful a line, however tiny, cannot be likened to a useless toy.
But it was found, after all, to be too small, especially for the heavy work which fell on it when the Boer War closed the Bulawayo line. So its gauge has now been widened to the usual 3 feet 6 inches, and it has been continued to Salisbury.
15. Kimberley and the Diamond Mines More than thirty years ago a traveller near Hope Tow...n found the children of a Boer family playing with a small heavy shining pebble. He offered to buy it, but the farmer laughed at the idea of selling a pebble, and gave it to him. This pebble, the first diamond found in South Africa, turned out to be worth £500.
Two years later a much more important find was made. A Kafir brought in a much bigger stone. At first no one would buy it, but after a time a Boer gave what his companions thought to be the ridiculous price of £400. It is now re- 78 SOUTH AFRICA nowned among diamonds, and has a name of its own- (
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It carried goods quickly and surely; it took men through so fast that they had not time to get fever. So useful a line, however tiny, cannot be likened to a useless toy.
But it was found, after all, to be too small, especially for the heavy work which fell on it when the Boer War closed the Bulawayo line. So its gauge has now been widened to the usual 3 feet 6 inches, and it has been continued to Salisbury.
15. Kimberley and the Diamond Mines More than thirty years ago a traveller near Hope Tow...n found the children of a Boer family playing with a small heavy shining pebble. He offered to buy it, but the farmer laughed at the idea of selling a pebble, and gave it to him. This pebble, the first diamond found in South Africa, turned out to be worth £500.
Two years later a much more important find was made. A Kafir brought in a much bigger stone. At first no one would buy it, but after a time a Boer gave what his companions thought to be the ridiculous price of £400. It is now re- 78 SOUTH AFRICA nowned among diamonds, and has a name of its own- (
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Townsend Warner to read onlineMoreLess
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