Author of "The Story of an African Farm" and "Dreams"
Dedication.
To My Brother Fred,
For whose little school magazine the first of these tiny stories--
one of the first I ever made--was written out many long years ago.
O.S.
New College, Eastbourne, Sept. 29, 1893.
Kopjes - In the karoo, are hillocks of stones, that rise up singly or in
clusters, here and there; presenting sometimes the fantastic appearance of
old ruined castles or giant graves, the work of human hands. Kraal - A
sheepfold. Krantz - A precipice. Sluit - A deep fissure, generally dry, in
which the superfluous torrents of water are carried from the karoo plains
after thunderstorms. Stoep - A porch