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x Breakwater at Cape Town, which is the Portland of South Africa, with its semi-starvation and heart-breaking monotonous toil under the pitiless sub-tropical sun.

But between these two extremes there are many means, many chances for and against, together with an infinity of tricks and dodges, swindling of coswindlers, and betrayal of brothers and sisters in iniquity, which make up the most fascinating array of temptations that ever made the broad and easy way which—sometimes—leadeth to destruction inviting to look upon and beguiling to tread.

The true import of these mystic and momentous letters may be explained better here than elsewhere. They