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the Stud Farm, and on Thursday got into
Johannesburg. I covered over 600 miles, of which about 350
was done on horseback. My little mare, "Mhairi ban Og",
did the whole distance without a rest & was quite
fresh at the end of it. The trek has done me a
world of good, and deprived me of my little
remaining complexion.

I was very pleased to see the good results
of my work in the country districts. All my
officials seemed doing well, and a good deal
of honest work is being done. As usual, whenever I
go away, the rumour was started that I had
gone home, a rumour which seems to have originated
in the home papers. On my return I found
that the paper which has abused me most