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Title: The web of empire : a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in 1901
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, 1841-1919 Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922, ill Martino, Eduardo de, d. 1912
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953
Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and company, limited
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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x MAURITIUS AND SOUTH AFRICA 343 Saturday^ 17th August 1901.— Very much like yesterday,only the sea is much calmer. During dinner, on a fairly even keel, we round Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point of Africa, and when we come on deck afterwards the light on the promontory is still visible.To-morrow morning we should reach our destination. Sunday, 18th August.— At 7 o clock we are moored in Simons Bay, an offshoot of False Bay, which forms the eastern shore of the peninsula on which stand Table Mountain and Cape Town. Bright morning,but strong, cold wind from the south-west. We are to have a quiet day, as we usually have on Sundays. After morning service some of us go ashore and visit a camp of Boer prisoners close by. The officers in charge tellus that the prisoners are quiet and well behaved, and that not more than 10 per cent of them are fanatical and sulky. Some spend a good deal of time in psalm-singing, and a few earn a little money by making toys—wooden models of animals, Cape-carts, and

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