22 DEL AGO A BAY. 



I opened it there was a rush, and my head, 

 shoulders, and arms were at once covered with 

 fowls. It was very interesting to watch the 

 hens with their baby chickens feeding them, 

 protecting them from sun or rain, or the cruel 

 hawk, and fighting with rival mothers, and 

 cruelly pecking at the stranger brood; but, un- 

 fortunately, my kitten also took a deep interest 

 in the fluffy little balls, and many, therefore, did 

 not arrive at maturity. 



The wages of the Kafir servant, of course, are 

 according to his age and the value of his services, 

 varying from 33. to 303. per month of thirty 

 days, and usually at the end of perhaps twenty- 

 five days the boy will show you a piece of 

 string with thirty knots, or a piece of wood with 

 thirty notches cut in it, and declare his month is 

 finished. 



This almost always goes on, no matter how long 

 he stays with you, although you explain over and 

 over again that the white man's almanac makes 

 no mistakes. It is, therefore, a common and a 

 good plan to give a ticket when each day's work 



