Carrie Chapman Catt - Diaries, Europe, South Africa, August 2 - November 15, 1911 (Box 1, Folder 1)

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Diaries of Carrie Chapman Catt, a noted leader in the woman suffrage movement, written during a trip around the world.

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We were constantly utterly ejaculations of surprise and admiration at the curious and strange flowers we saw. We tried to get pictures of some of the varieties but could find only a few. All of these we have seen

The Arum Lily No exaggeration

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Grows on a bush which makes a brilliant show when covered with these large pink flowers

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"The red flower is the Aloe They grow everywhere, a bushy cactus. There are many varieties I have seen a garden collection of 28 kinds. This one is more better and juicy than the others and is used for commercial purposes. The juice is obtained by cutting the leaves and allowing it to run out. It is then boiled down. It is one of the exports of the country. Nature furnishes the raw material in plenty.

I hope to secure some views of Constantia the wine farm of the government later:

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Tuesday Aug 15, I was obliged to spend in letter writing about the itinerary. Immediately after [dinn crossed out] lunch we went to Zonnebloom an educational and manual training school for Natives. It was in an old slave quarter, where slave dens had been made into recitation rooms. Carpentering, printing &c are taught. We said two coal black boys, sons of Lewanika the great chief North of the Zambesi. When the application was made for their admittance a blank was returned to be filled out. Among other queries was this: What is your father's occupation. Against this question was the reply "King." From Zonnebloom we went to the South African College where a member of the Faculty showed us about. It seemed a very good college with insufficient equipment in the way of buildings and library.

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The evening was spent quietly at home. Meantime when I could get a moment I read of the "Big Game" of Africa. When we found that lions and hyenas roamed over parts we expected to visit, we concluded that we should know something of their habits as a part of our equipment. I learn that there are probably 90 or more variety of antelope or deer in Africa. I tried to get some good pictures of animals native here. I append a few about which we have read.

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