A humourous account of South Africa in the 1880s.
“An extremely good picture is drawn of the position of the settlers in Mashonaland at this period, and while the beauties of the scenery … are occasionally dwelt on with some admiration, no glamour is spread over the hard coarse, and often monotonous life of the pioneers” (Mendelssohn).Finlason later became a renowned journalist and excelled as a cricketer. Mendelssohn I, p546; Czech, p57.
