Colonial Facts and Fictions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Colonial Facts and Fictions

Residents in foreign lands Often think that it is an impertinence if a passing stranger write about them. Those who have been for a long time resident in a country seldom write a description Of their experiences. About many things they seem to have learnt how little they really know, Whilst to things of every day occur rence they have become so accustomed, that they do not think them worthy Of description. The persons who do write, and who delight to write about a place, are the birds of passage. These persons know very little about their subject. The very fact Of only knowing a little about a place adds a. Charm to an attempt at its description. If you know everything about it you are inclined to write a series of facts, while if you only know a little, there is room for the exercise of the imagination, and the production becomes a combination of truths and untruths.

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