Adamantia : the truth about the South African diamond fields : or, a ...

MR. W. O. CORNER'S EVIDENCE. 125'What, I should like to know, have MeBSl'B. Waterboer,Arnot & Co. to say to that? But the fact is that theyhave never noticed all this indisputable mass of evidence,much less attempted to refute even a singleword of it! The Colonial Government, the lateLieut.-Governor, and the present Governor of the CapeColony, all backers of W nterboer, very coolly and comfortablypass by its formidable and unassailable arrayby the mere a88ertion that it is all untrue! But I haveyet to see a solitary point proved by them in refutationof a single witness's veracity and general good characterand reputation." I know that Captain Adam Kok, tU Captain of Cflmp~,ll, had ameeting with Captain Waterboer, first at Griqua Town, and afterwardsat Vetberg, in 1861."(This refers to the futile effort at exchanging part ofCampbell for part of Albania.)" At Vetberg they could not agree, on account of a certain dam,called' Griqua dam.' Adam Kok said, 'I give'" (or rather, oBer)" 'you a land full of fountains, 11M if g()fl do not gifJ' ".. 'Ail tltSm Ido not IZ(JMtag'.' He called me immediately, and said, 'Write certificatesfor the people now present. 80 that they can sell their farmsat Campbell to whom they like.' He commenced to inspan, and Ithen had Henry Mellish (who did not understand Dutch) with me,and he said, 'Give H. Mellish a copy form of the certificates toassist me in writing;' which I did."An adjournment of the meeting here took place atnoon, August 19th.Resumed at Two o'clock.William Ogilvie Oorner further e:eamined iU Mr. AttorneuVela:-" •.• Captain WaterbOer AtU ft."., as far as I know, tIUtItIIMl tIIfIgflutkoritU 0fJ". eM Cflmp~,ll gro.ndI '" tAil or 1M ot1Iw .. of 1M,.tItII Ri.".."Digitized by Goog Ie