ke ' s ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁c ash ier ▁in ▁Cape ▁Government ▁Rail ways ▁and ▁in ▁that ▁respect ▁Dy ke ▁followed ▁in ▁his ▁father ' s ▁foot steps ; ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁railway ▁employee ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁At ▁first ▁he ▁was ▁station ed ▁at ▁the ▁Cape ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁Trans va al . ▁Poss ibly ▁however , ▁he ▁merely ▁used ▁his ▁sal ar ied ▁employ ment ▁as ▁means ▁to ▁more ▁advent ur ous ▁purs uits . ▁Near ly ▁all ▁his ▁spare ▁time , ▁he ▁devoted ▁to ▁camp ing ▁and ▁mount aine ering , ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁fought ▁in ▁the ▁Second ▁Bo er ▁War ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁man . ▁ ▁Event ually , ▁at ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁he ▁en list ed ▁as ▁a ▁Tro oper ▁in ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Light ▁Hor se ▁Regiment . ▁ ▁Botan ical ▁achiev ements ▁In ▁his ▁spare ▁time ▁during ▁his ▁working ▁life , ▁he ▁clim bed ▁the ▁Cape ▁Pen ins ula ▁mountains , ▁the ▁H ott ent ots - Hol land ▁mountains , ▁and ▁nearby ▁ranges , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁spect ac ular ▁examples ▁of ▁F yn bos , ▁including ▁Pen ins ula ▁Gran ite ▁F yn bos , ▁Pen ins ula ▁Sand stone ▁F yn bos ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁related ▁bi om es . ▁Later , ▁when ▁the ▁railway ▁administration ▁moved ▁to ▁Johannes burg , ▁he ▁continued ▁his ▁expl or ations ▁in ▁various ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁D rak ens berg ▁mountains , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁on ▁vis its