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JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS Learned South Africa in the Boer War.

IN the strenuous days of the Boer War I learned to know my South Africa from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean as one learns a country only under the searching test of war. I came to know the unfrequented paths, the trackless parts of the bush, the wastes where people do not often go. I believe it is generally admitted that I covered more country than any other commander in the field on either side--and my movement was not always in the direction of the enemy!