CECIL RHODES' GRAVE.
Miss Morpnce luieson, here recently with "Tho ifay Gordons," h;is travelled 3, good deal, and lwins K>ftoil with observation and descriptive pmvers, tells nf her voynginsts nnd oxperienws in mi intprcstii\gViiy. The niosl impressive thin™ she ha* over seen in her life was Cecil Hhodes's grave in M:tt,iWe Land. "It is right away on Iho veldt." snyfi "mid the. spot looks the loneliest thins on wrl.li. Vie motored out to it, right beyond Biiltiivayo, and we novel- saw a living thing. It is an immense grave. A great ftone, more like ii piece of rrck, marks the place. Wild iiniinals rove, near, and ,i huge kaffir walks round and round Hie mound to guard it. This native is relieved at. certain tinics by another man. al?o rhwen for his immense size. S'eve.riil nf Ihe guardians have gone mail—tho lonnlincs; has so afteeted tlirm. But I shall never forget, that last; restingplace nf a great pioneer. II was Ihe most dramatic thins 1 have ever s.ppn— the. great lonely veldt, Hin stillness , end 4jja«, aad the great lonrij (,'um, , -
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1322, 28 December 1911, Page 5
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181CECIL RHODES' GRAVE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1322, 28 December 1911, Page 5
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