who
had never themselves travelled a hundred miles from the Table Mountain,
Hans was termed "the lying Dutchman."

Two months were passed by Hans at Cape Town and its vicinity, when an
opportunity occurred for his reaching Algoa Bay by sea, a merchant
having a vessel which was about to sail for Port Elizabeth from Table
Bay. Some Dutch merchants, having subscribed amongst themselves,
offered Hans above one hundred pounds to enable him to purchase horses
for his journey from the colony to Natal. This sum Hans accepted as a
loan, being unwilling to be a debtor whilst he had the means when he
reached Natal of repayment; and bidding good-bye to many kind friends,
he set sail from Table Bay on the brief voyage to Algoa Bay, the port of
the eastern frontier.

After a fair-weather voyage of eight days, Hans once more set foot on
the eastern frontier, and losing no time in this part of the colony, he
at once purchased a horse which would do to carry him until he went
farther inland, where horse-flesh was cheaper and better; and having at
Cape Town purchased a good double-barrelled gun, Hans joined the waggon
of a Dutch trader who was bound on an expedition across the Orange
river, and was once more leading the life of a South African Boer.

It must often have been a subject of thought and comparison in the mind
of a man who has seen both the life of the natural and civilised man, to
compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. By the
natural man, we refer to one who leads a life of nature, who gains his
bread by the sweat of his brow in agricultural labours or in hunting,
who considers the necessities of life to consist in food and raiment,
and in a dwelling which is wind and water tight, and who, possessing
these, thirsts for nothing more. The majority of South African Boers
lead this life. They by inheritance are possessors of a certain
quantity of cattle and horses. These increase in the natural course of
events, and if taken care of, the horses especially soon multiply, for a
couple of horses may be counted on to produce about two foals in two
years: thus in six years the two have increased to eight. About the
sixth year the first foals may begin to produce stock, and the increase
then becomes doubled. About the eighth year it becomes trebled, and so
on. Thus, in a suitable district for horses (and many parts of the Cape
colony are admirably suited for them), a boy presented with a mare may
ten yea