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.