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Show In Cape Colony. For the benefit of any young men who may slsh tn come to South Africa Afri-ca under tte same conditions as I did, I send lbs following, wrltca Albert C. Pickers from Rust lndon, Cape Colony: Col-ony: The Kngllsh government, having hav-ing made contracts with prltate turtle tur-tle In the United fitatea to furnish It with mules for army use, found It necessary nec-essary to get men to go with the mules to feed and water litem, In ronaa-irueitce. ronaa-irueitce. Mr Charles Ilagen of New Or-liMins Or-liMins was cent to HL Louts to recruit tho men. As the agent ot tho Ilrltlsh transport Monarch, he promised many things. When we arrived on board the ship our troubles begun, We wero very nearly all sick, owing to our Inability In-ability to eat the kind ot meat and vegetables which wero fornlshed us to live on. There Is no work here at present and there will bo nono until after the war The South African winter win-ter haa set In, and although the days are very warm, the nights are actually cold. After the war n tradesman cau make good wages, but common labor would starve hern, na tho ICafflra do all the work for little or nothing. So I would advise all men to stay at homo until after the war at least, and also not to sail on a Ilrltlsh transport If you not cr come, as tho officers aro tha most nterbcarlng raco ot pcoplo that ever existed. |