Glossary.
Several Dutch and Colonial words occurring in this work, the subjoined Glossary is given, explaining the principal.
Alle wereld!—Gosh!
Aasvogels—Vultures.
Benauwdheid—Indigestion.
Brakje—A little cur of low degree.
Bultong—Dried meat.
Coop—Hide and Seek.
Inspan—To harness.
Kapje—A sun-bonnet.
Karoo—The wide sandy plains in some parts of South Africa.
Karoo-bushes—The bushes that take the place of grass on these plains.
Kartel—The wooden-bed fastened in an ox-wagon.
Kloof—A ravine.
Kopje—A small hillock, or “little head.”
Kraal—The space surrounded by a stone wall or hedged with thorn branches,
into which sheep or cattle are driven at night.
Mealies—Indian corn.
Meerkat—A small weazel-like animal.
Meiboss—Preserved and dried apricots.
Nachtmaal—The Lord’s Supper.
Oom—Uncle.
Outspan—To unharness, or a place in the field where one unharnesses.
Pap—Porridge.
Predikant—Parson.
Riem—Leather rope.
Sarsarties—Food.
Sleg—Bad.
Sloot—A dry watercourse.
Spook—To haunt, a ghost.
Stamp-block—A wooden block, hollowed out, in which mealies are placed to
be pounded before being cooked.
Stoep—Porch.
Tant or Tante—Aunt.
Upsitting—In Boer courtship the man and girl are supposed to sit up
together the whole night.
Veld—Open country.
Velschoen—Shoes of undressed leather.
Vrijer—Available man.
CONTENTS
[ THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM ]
[ Chapter 1.I. Shadows From Child-Life. ]
[ Chapter 1.II. Plans and Bushman Paintings. ]
[ Chapter 1.III. I Was A Stranger, and Ye Took Me In. ]
[ Chapter 1.IV. Blessed is He That Believeth. ]
[ Chapter 1.V. Sunday Services. ]
[ Chapter 1.VI. Bonaparte Blenkins Makes His Nest. ]
[ Chapter 1.VII. He Sets His Trap. ]
[ Chapter 1.VIII. He Catches the Old Bird. ]
[ Chapter 1.IX. He Sees A Ghost. ]
[ Chapter 1.X. He Shows His Teeth. ]
[ Chapter 1.XIII. He Makes Love. ]
[ Chapter 2.I. Times and Seasons. ]
[ Chapter 2.II. Waldo’s Stranger. ]
[ Chapter 2.III. Gregory Rose Finds His Affinity. ]
[ Chapter 2.V. Tant Sannie Holds An Upsitting, and Gregory Writes A ]
[ Chapter 2.VI. A Boer-wedding. ]
[ Chapter 2.VII. Waldo Goes Out to Taste Life, and Em Stays At Home and ]
[ Chapter 2.VIII. The Kopje. ]
[ Chapter 2.IX. Lyndall’s Stranger. ]
[ Chapter 2.X. Gregory Rose Has An Idea. ]
[ Chapter 2.XI. An Unfinished Letter. ]