120 Recollections of Adventures 



to be versatile, one day framing laws, another farm- 

 ing, one day on a Government commission, the next 

 planting trees, one day sitting in the Volkstraad, the 

 next inoculating cattle, one day prospecting for 

 minerals, then painting, carpentry, shoemaking, 

 building, travelling all over the conntry on various 

 quests. Truly, a varied, curious life. 



During these years our home "The Willows" 

 was a rendezvous for the European people in Pretoria, 

 we were seldom without guests. 



On June 7th, 1869, my dear old father died in 

 Pretoria, he had suffered much loss and had had 

 many worries in his later years. 



