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Footnotes
[1] Microloma lineare.
[2] We have since found that this plant is a Protea.
[3] Many of the negroes on Cape farms are named after the months.
[4] Although, since these pages were written, ostriches have somewhat increased in value it cannot, of course, be expected that they will ever again command the prices of former days.
[5] Boer brandy.
[6] Oreotragus saltatrix.