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to return and spend it in idleness is selfisli and un- 

 ennobling", making the getting it mere drudgery, and the 

 spending it a disappointment ; but to get it by honest 

 means, by extra intelligence and industry, with the 

 object of starting one's children well in the world, and to 

 acquire influence and a voice in the land of one's adop- 

 tion, and to found a family name in a country such as 

 the Cape, is an object worthy of any man's ambition, 

 and one that will bring no disappointment in the 

 realising — will hold out a high stimulant to the strictest 

 honesty and uprightness, whilst proving a benefit to all 

 with whom he is thrown in contact. 



Reader, if you are such an one as this chapter is 

 addressed to — young, strong, self-reliant, and can see 

 your way to get a footing at the Cape in Ostrich- 

 farming — go forth. The world is before you, the limit 

 to what you may do or become is unbounded : on 

 yourself it will depend. A bed of roses you will not 

 find it : often you will sigh for old associations and 

 friends, and often your lot may look dark; but when 

 such is the case, instead of looking on the dark side, 

 look at what most of your schoolfellows are doing : tied 

 down to an office desk to drudge on with scarcely any 

 prospect in front of them, beyond, at the best, securing 

 a competency for themselves, and in due course being 

 buried and forgotten; whilst you have a grand field before 



