knocking about. Diamonds from the drift fetch about 40 per cent more than those from Kimberley ; taking the yield of the Kimberley and De Beers mines as worth all round, large and small, 26s. 6d. a carat, those from the drift are worth 40s.
As a rule the better class of natives the Zulus, Matabeles, Basutos, and Bechuanas when well treated, are very honest and loyal to their masters. An amusing instance of the devotion of a Zulu came to my knowledge at Klipdam. He had been superintending a gang of natives on a small claim at the river washings. It yielded but few stones, and the owner my informant sold the claim, handing over the plant and small staff, our friend the Zulu remaining to look after the business till the new owner took possession. In the course of a few months the purchaser became dissatisfied with his bargain, not a single diamond having turned up since the transfer. One night the Zulu came to his old master in a
