24 DEL AGO A BAY. 



came as a favour, as I was without a servant, 

 and she fried some macaroni in oil to a dry 

 chip, instead of boiling it, as I had directed, 

 and skinned some wretched prawns alive, and 

 served them up in all the water they were 

 boiled in, as soup ; and a Kafir boy who had 

 long been in the habit of making toast and 

 boiling eggs for my breakfast one day brought 

 me the bread nicely boiled in the saucepan, 

 leaving the eggs uncooked on the kitchen table, 

 I suppose in a severe fit of absence of mind ; 

 but his terror seemed so great when I told 

 him how angry I was that I could not help 

 laughing, and then, of course, he knew my anger 

 was over, and laughed also. 



I hardly need say that it is always necessary 

 to insist upon cleanliness, or else, as Kafirs do 

 not seem to mind a little sand with their food 

 themselves, you may chance to get more than 

 the "peck" of dirt said to be swallowed during 

 a lifetime. 



In many households it is customary for one 

 boy to be entrusted with the keys of the store- 



