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Durban the next day, we took another route, passing through a different portion of the city.
In company with Corporals Edgar and Harrington, I had luncheon at a fine appointed little cafe on the beach. Heavy rain fell at this period. One could obtain a fine view of the beautiful hotels on the esplanade of Durban, likewise the immense waves.
We had another march through Durban in the afternoon. We passed the native prison.
Speaking of prisons makes me think of the queer sights I saw in this city A line of native prisoners, with a large or long chain, each man having a hand shackled. The native warders, armed with a sort of waddy and a dangerous looking spear, did not look pleasing to a bystander, let alone the miserable victim!
We provided the Durban people with an exhibition football match, as played in Australia which proved interesting to them and evoked pleasant eulogies in