THE BUSHMEN'S GENERAL.

Otago Witness, Volume 02, Issue 2420, 2 August 1900, Page 29

THE BUSHMEN'S GENERAL.

. The correspondent of the Sydney Telegraph with the Bushmen in Rhodesia, writing from Marandellas on May 25, says: — General Carrington eeems to have gained the good esteem and regard of all ranks of Australians. This is, perhaps, only qiiita natural, for " Freddy is one. of those bluff, unaffected men, full of kindly good humour, and completely devoid of that "' side " which one usually c looks for in an Imperial officer. His words are few and to the point j he knows tho country, the conditions, and, a keen judge of character, the kind of men he is dealing with. He knows exactly what a man can do, what a mule can pull, what an ox can eat. There is no river from the Pungwe to the Mopolopo that he. cannot tell you its depth in summer and winter and the rainy season. With infinite pains and a ten-miles- to-the-inch map, you discover a kopje, to which, it is reported the Boers are trekking. You show it to the general, not -without pride at your own astuteness. He looks at it and laughs, and with a sweep of his forefinger points out where it should be — for even map-makers are luiman, — and then * proceeds to describe its height, accessibility, contours, and general appearance, and, what is more — a wonderful accomplishment for an English general- — he knows what's behind the hill.