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Ups-and-downs of medical practice -- Mode of working / the diggings -- The kopjes -- Morning markets -- My first / baboon-hunt -- Preparation for first journey.
I had a still further cause to be downcast. It was not only that the aspect of the diamond-fields was altogether unattractive, and that the weather was so rough and changeable that I felt it depressing in the extreme, but I was perplexed at what seemed to me the hopeless state of my finances.