The following is an extract from a letter received'by his mother, from R. W. Barry, jun., who is at present serving in South Africa with the Kaffrarian Mounted Rifies: "My last letter was written froai Vereeniging; since then we have been all over the Transvaal. We -were at Klip River when the Boers under Theron blew up the train, and shot two of our men. You never saw such a sight as that train was. It was a mass of fire from engine to guard's van, and being a supply train, the trucks were loaded with flour, "bully beef, mutton, jam, condensed milk, and every kind of stores. Wβ were camped three miles away, and "when we got to the train we were in time to save a good bit of stuff, and we had a right royal feed. The two pool chaps that the Boers killed are buried close alongside the line, with a. bit of board at their he.ods, -with their names on. The Boers took all the spirits, etc., that they could lay their hands on, and took all on the train prisoners. They took the pri. sonera out aibout three miles, and let them go, and then started firing "volleys at them Vhen they were about 100 yards off. It ■was very funny at the train, for tins of jam and bully. Beef would shwt out about 50 yards, and the tana would-burst and send their contents all over us. It was a case of dodging, I can tell you. "Next rooming, six of our company (in cluding myself) went out with some of Mar shall's Horse, and found the Boers on top of a neighbouring kopje. On seeing us they tried to dear off, but we managed to kill 11 and take 20 prisoners. One of our fellows was wounded in the arm, so we didn't do so badly. Two days after this, I had! the bad luck to, get a bad throat, and so had to come to hospital here, but I am all right again now, and go to Kroonstad in a few days to join the Colonial Division, which is scouring the country. 