28 OSTRICH-F ARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



no Avonderj with the bad household servants generally 

 to be had at the Cape. 



But with experience once gained, then the advan- 

 tages of the Cape are seen. Whilst in Australia or 

 New Zealand the man with less than £5,000 or 

 £10,000 cannot start on his own account, here a 

 few hundreds will give him an excellent start, with 

 the help of birds on the *' halves.^'' That he will have 

 to live close and study economy at first he must expect, 

 but do this, and, with ordinary luck at Ostrich-farming, 

 he is a made man. 



