whence passengers are conveyed by steamer to Khartoum in about fifteen minutes.

Khartoum, once the Dervish stronghold and the scene of General Gordon's captivity and death, is now a modern Eastern city, thanks to Lord Kitchener's decisive victory at Omdurman over the Khalifa's army, on September 2, 1898. A governor-general's palace has arisen on the foundation of Gordon's old house, and a tablet marks the spot where he was assassinated. Handsome government buildings and a Soudan Memorial College have been erected, and along the bank of the Nile has been made a promenade, over two miles long, besides botanical and zoological gardens. Five miles from Khartoum is Omdurman, the last resort of the Mahdi, who shortly before the battle had died and was buried there. His mausoleum met with the fate of his army. It was promptly destroyed, to prevent its ever becoming a shrine for his deluded and infatuated followers.

From Khartoum to Gondokoro (British East Africa).

There is a monthly government steamer service between Khartoum and Gondokoro, a distance of 1,081 miles by the White Nile, taking fourteen days up, and a few days less returning.

From Gondokoro to Lake Victoria Nyanza.

The distance from Gondokoro, the head of navigation on the White Nile, to Entebbe, on the Lake Victoria Nyanza, is 457 miles, of which 292 miles are by land and 165 by river. From Gondokoro to Nimuli is 112 miles by path; by Nile route, via Fort Berkley, the journey is divided into nine" camps" averaging twelve miles apart.

From Nimuli to Butiaba is 165 miles by river, via Wadelai. Nights are generally spent on shore, so as to avoid frequent and unpleasant visits from hippopotami,

which are apt to show their annoyance at the intrusion of a boat by continually bumping it, making a night under such circumstances most undesirable.

From Butiaba to Entebbe is 179 miles by cart road, divided into about fifteen camps, at an average of twelve miles apart. This section of the journey is through an elephant country. At Entebbe, on the Victoria Nyanza Lake, there is a hotel, and a weekly steamer to Port Florence, the railroad terminus, on the lake, of the Uganda Railroad. The lake is 300 miles long by 200

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From Lake Victoria Nyanza to Mombasa, B.E.A.

From Port Florence on Lake Victoria Nyanza, the interesting journey by rail to Mombasa, on the Indian Ocean capital of British East Africa is 584 miles. The railroad passes over the Mau escarpment at an altitude of 8,320 feet, while spread out below lies the Great Rift Valley, dominated by the volcanic cone of Longonot. Here every species of game can be seen. Herds of zebra race with the train, and the plains are dotted with ostrich, hartbeest, gnu and antelope. Lions, giraffes and the rhinoceros are frequently seen from the railroad carriages. It may be truly said that this is the most unique railroad ride in the world. The herds of game, instead of diminishing with the advance of civilization, seen positively to increase, owing to the wise measures taken by the British government against indiscriminate slaughter. The shooting license costs £50, limited to the killing of two elephants and one buffalo, and ten of most kinds of antelope.

From Mombasa steamer can be taken north to Aden, or south to Madagascar and Natal.

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A Month's Tour through the Cape Colonies, INCLUDING CAPE TOWN, BULUWAYO, VICTORIA FALLS, KIMBERLEY, JOHANNESBURG, PRETORIA, NATAL BATTLEFIELDS AND DURBAN.

The best way to reach South Africa either from Europe or America is by one of the Cape liners from England; or, if the traveler wishes to approach it from the eastern side, connection can be made at Aden for Beira, Portuguese East Africa, where there is railroad connection with the interior. The voyage from England to Cape Town is a pleasant one of eighteen days by the mail steamers, touching at Madeira; whereas the intermediate steamers, taking twenty-two days, touch at Las Palmas or Teneriffe and St. Helena.

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1st day. Cape Town. The metropolis of South Africa, 2d with a population of about 80,000 and all the attractions of a cosmopolitan city. Its history is that of the colony, since 1651, when three vessels under Jan van Riebeck arrived in 6th Table Bay. As seen on approaching it by ocean steamer, this great seaport ranks in picturesqueness with Naples, Rio Janeiro and San Francisco. The majestic Table Mountain rises as a background for the town in a sheer precipice of 3,582 feet, while on either side is a lesser peak, the three hills forming the horseshoe valley in which Cape Town stands. South Africa is a country of long distances, and the traveler should avail himself of the best railroad service the country affords. One of the best trains is the weekly train de luxe, the "Zambesi Express," which covers the distance from Cape Town to Buluwayo, the capital of Rhodesia, a journey of

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1,362 miles, in seventy hours. Travelers from the north and east, via Aden, debark at Beira, Portuguese East Africa, where there is train. service twice a week to Buluwayo, taking sixtyseven hours for the journey of 670 miles. The trip can be broken at Salisbury, the first city of importance in Rhodesia, but stopping there will necessitate a lay-over of two or three days.

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8th day. Buluwayo, 1,362 miles from Cape Town and 9th 670 miles from Beira, was formerly the chief 10th town of the native province of Matabili, and is IIth now the capital of Rhodesia. Government House occupies the site of the old royal kraal, and the tree under which justice was dispensed by Mosilikatze and Lo Bengula has been left standing. Buluwayo is a Zulu word which, literally translated, means "the place of the killing." Matoppo Hills can be visited by rail or road. This wonderful district proved impregnable when held by the Matabili in the 1896-97 rebellion, and has been described as a rough sea of mountain ranges a hundred miles long by thirty-five miles broad, full of passes and gigantic caves, interspersed with fertile and sometimes almost inaccessible valleys. The scenery is impressive, especially the panorama known as "the world's view," to be seen from the summit of the granite hill where Cecil Rhodes lies buried. Sixty miles from Buluwayo are the celebrated Mombo Ruins, said to have been constructed for three purposes, namely, solar worship, fortification and gold production. These are considered the most interesting ruins to be found south of the equator.

12th day. Victoria Falls, 282 miles by rail from Bulu13th " wayo, are among the most wonderful, if not the most wonderful, waterfalls in the world. A convulsion of the earth created a cleft or fissure

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across the Zambesi River, causing the falls more than a mile in length and 350 feet high, or more than twice as long and high as Niagara. The vast column of spray rises to a height of over a thousand feet, and the roar of the cataract is audible for many miles. A bridge, crossing the Zambesi at the Victoria Falls, was opened September 12, 1905. It is 420 feet above the river, at low water, and is the highest in the world. It is of the cantilever style, constructed in three spans, and has a width of thirty feet. 16th day. Mafeking, 492 miles by rail from Victoria 17th Falls via Buluwayo, celebrated for its splendid defense, under Col. Baden-Powell, against a large investing force of Boers, from October 12, 1899, till its relief, May 17, 1900, a period of 217 days.

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18th day. Kimberley, 223 miles by rail from Mafeking, 19th " is the headquarters of the diamond industry of South Africa and has produced, since its discovery in 1867, twelve tons of diamonds, representing a value of some £80,000,000 sterling. The richest mines are the Kimberley and the De Beers, the latter being the show mine.

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21st day. Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange River 22d Colony, is 397 miles by rail from Kimberley, via De Aar.

23d day. Johannesburg (Transvaal Colony), the “ City 24th " of the Golden Rand," 264 miles by rail from Bloemfontein, dates from September, 1886, when a few straggling shanties began to rise along the auriferous reef. In 1902 the Standard Bank purchased four stands, on Commerce Street, for £145,000. Twenty-one miles by train from Johannesburg is Krugersdorp, the scene of the surrender of Dr. Jameson and his raiders, on January 2, 1896.