THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM A Novel.
BYRALPH IRON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.VOL. I.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED
11 HENRIETTA ST.,
COVENT GARDEN.
1883.[All Rights reserved.]Bungay: CLAY AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
- PART I.
- CHAPTER I. SHADOWS FROM CHILD-LIFE 3
- CHAPTER II. PLANS AND BUSHMAN-PAINTINGS 24
- CHAPTER III. I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN 41
- CHAPTER IV. BLESSED IS HE THAT BELIEVETH 58
- CHAPTER V. SUNDAY SERVICES 80
- CHAPTER VI. BONAPARTE BLENKINS MAKES HIS NEST 101
- CHAPTER VII. HE SETS HIS TRAP 115
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- CHAPTER VIII. HE CATCHES THE OLD BIRD 126
- CHAPTER IX. HE SEES A GHOST 151
- CHAPTER X. HE SHOWS HIS TEETH 170
- CHAPTER XI. HE SNAPS 177
- CHAPTER XII. HE BITES 195
- CHAPTER XIII. HE MAKES LOVE 223
- PART II.
GLOSSARY.
Several Dutch and Colonial words occurring in this work, the subjoined Glossary is given, explaining the principal.
| Benaauwdheit | = | Indigestion. |
| In-span | = | To harness. |
| Kappje | = | A sun-bonnet. |
| Karroo | = | The wide sandy plains in some parts of South Africa. |
| Karroo-bushes | = | The bushes that take the place of grass on these plains. |
| Kartel | = | The bed fastened in an ox-waggon. |
| Kopje | = | A small hillock, or little head. |
| Meerkat | = | A small weasel-like animal. |
| Meiboss | = | Preserved and dried apricots. |
| Nachtmaal | = | The Lord's Supper. |
| Out-span | = | To unharness, or a place in the field where one unharnesses. |
| Predikant | = | Parson. |
| Reim | = | Leather rope. |
| Upsitting | = | In Boer courtship the man and girl are supposed to sit-up together the whole night. |
| Velschoens | = | Shoes of undressed leather. |
