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[Tumolo Vallejo]

Ation, the native populace has not materially increased. The present
attitude of natives in the towns is not altogether satisfactory

since the passing of this Law. Labour being scarce,
they are inclined to take up an independent attitude, which, if fraught
with little
danger, is at least calculated to produce a certain
amount of friction between white and black. Added to this,
there is the fact that the education of natives, which is becoming more
general, undoubtedly assists the growth of this independence. The Boer
farmers
in this connection adhere to their pristine view
of the matter, namely, that educating natives amounts to casting pearls
before swine; and
although this does not tend to encourage the work of the missionary,
there

may possibly be a certain amount of truth in it. Before the arrival of
British subjects at the Cape, the Boer had it all his own way. He looked
upon himself as practically

the ruler of the country, and it was not natural that he should look

with favour upon the advent of a probable rival. He lived peacefully in
a way--that
is, when he was not in open conflict with the natives. He killed
his game and cooked it and
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