GLOSSARY.

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"Alle Wereld" "Whole world": equivalent to "Good gracious."

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Baas: Master.

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Baviaan: Baboon.

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Benauwdheid: Indigestion.

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Bultong: Dried meat.

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Cappie: A sun bonnet.

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Dassie: A rock-rabbit or coney.

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Field Cornet: rural official with powers resembling those of a Justice

of the Peace.

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Karee Bush: A shrub; Rhus viminalis.

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Kloof: A valley.

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Krantz: A cliff.

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Nachtmaal: The Lord's Supper.

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Onbeschafte: Unshorn; uncivilised.

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Oom: Uncle.

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Pan: A depression in the ground which sometimes contains water.

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Rhebok: An antelope which frequents mountain heights.

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Tanta: Aunt.

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Schepsel: Creature; a term of tolerant contempt.

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Stoep. The platform in front of or at the side of a house.

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Sassatyes: Flakes of pickled meat cooked with skewers stuck through

them.

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Spoor: Trail.

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Veldschoen: A heelless, home-made boot.

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Voorhuis: The sitting-room in a Boer homestead.

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