“I am glad to find that my view as regards the Transvaal should be endorsed by one who had such good opportunities of judging as yourself”； and again：
Private。
Dear Mr。 Haggard； — I am very much obliged to you for your extremely interesting book on Cetewayo。 I have been so engaged with the accumulations of eight months’ business and with all the hundred and one questions which arise on our return to England that I have only been able to look at those parts which most closely interested me personally from their relation to events in which I was myself concerned； but I read these with great satisfaction。 The English public was so deceived by misrepresentations of the annexation of the Transvaal that the real history was never understood； and the humiliating surrender of it was accepted in partial ignorance at least of the facts。 A true statement of it is therefore very valuable； and I am grateful to anyone who has the courage to say what really did occur。 It was as needless as it was discreditable； and though the unexpected discovery of gold is solving many difficulties； the unworthy nature of the cession has done great mischief to all time。 I hope I may have the opportunity of talking about this to you。
Believe me；
Very faithfully yours；
Carnarvon。
I gladly quote an extract from a letter written by Sir Marshal Clarke from Basutoland； since it tempers my criticisms of Sir Hercules Robinson （Lord Rosmead）； a gentleman of whom I have the most kindly personal recollections。 He says； referring to this book：
I don’t think you have done quite justice to Sir Hercules Robinson。 He appears to me to have been the right man for the place and for the time。 He is not a very popular Governor； but his opinions carry great weight here