endy occupies an eminence in it. The whole park has a
sombre appearance, owing to the dark soil and ironstone freely
sprinkling it. But as the bushes, shrubs, and flowers have only been
lately planted, and as around the forcing houses there is a large number
of young plants in tins and pots, soon to be transplanted, a couple of
years will make an immense difference in the appearance of the
pleasaunce.

Beyond and east of the park is the residential part of Bulawayo, divided
into two avenues and nine streets running east and west, and eight roads
running north and south, named respectively Townsend, Lawley,
Livingstone, Pauling, Clark, Duncan, and Heyman, and Park Road, parallel
with the park.

PRICES OF PROPERTY AND STANDS IN BULAWAYO.

Messrs. Adcock and Norton have furnished me with the prices of stands,
or town lots, obtained by them during the last six months. The most
noteworthy are Lot 708, with large wood and iron house, 1900 pounds; Lot
234, southern half only, bought by Curtis and Co., outfitters,
Johannesburg, 3500 pounds; Lot 239, half only, bought by Gowie and Co.,
seedsmen, of Grahamstown, 2000 pounds; Lots 451-452 bought by a London
firm, 3000 pounds; Lot 333, bought by Stuart Campbell and Co.,
merchants, Johannesburg, 2000 pounds; eastern half of Lot 133, 70 feet
frontage, on 8th Avenue, purchased by Hepworths, manufacturers, Leeds,
England, and South Africa, 5000 pounds; Lot 346, corner portion, bought
by Knight and Co., boot and shoe makers, Grahamstown, 3600 pounds.

HOTEL LIFE AT BULAWAYO.

From various people I have learned that the average estimate of the
population is 3000 whites, one-fifth of whom are women and children.
There are several hotels, the best of which are the Palace, Maxim, and
Charter; but none of them are fit for ladies, and scarcely for
gentlemen. The noise and clatter at these forbid sleep, except between
midnight and 5 a.m. The food is somewhat coarse, but plentiful; the tea
and coffee such as one may obtain on a Cape liner--that is, too strong
an infusion of one, and a watery decoction of the other. The cooks
evidently are common ship-cooks, as one may gather by the way they boil
potatoes and cabbages. The bread is good, the butter is tolerable, the
meat is like leather. The waiters, though civil and willing enough, are
awkward and new to their work. Board and lodging may be obtained for
from 14 to 18 pounds per month, two beds in a room 12 feet by 12 feet.
At the