at
his coat continually, saying in Dutch, " They treat the Kafirs
altogether too well here ; they will be spoiled by such good treatÂment
as this." Before leaving, the legislator said that he was glad to have
the opportunity to inspect fully the operations of the compound. From
what he had heard he had been much opposed to compounds, but he now saw
with his own eyes that he was wrongly informed, and henceforth he
should be a strong advocate of the system. Yet a year or two later,
when quesÂtions affecting De Beers Company and the compound system
arose in the Upper House, this gratified member was one of the first to
denounce the system in an intemperate speech.
