CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



MEERKATS. PAGE 



Meerkats plentiful in the Karroo Their appearance Intelligence 

 Fearlessness Friendship for dogs A meerkat in England 

 Meerkat an inveterate thief An owl in Tangier Taming full- 

 grown meerkat Tiny twins A sad accident Different char- 

 acters of meerkats The turkey-herd Bob and the meerkat 

 "The Mouse" 157 



CHAPTER IX. 



BOBBY. 



Bobby's babyhood Insatiable appetite Variety of noises made by 

 Bobby His tameness Narrow escape from drowning A 

 warlike head-gear Bobby the worse for drink His love of 

 mischief He disarms his master Meerkat persecuted by 

 Bobby Bobby takes to dishonest ways He becomes a prisoner 

 His clever tricks Death of Bobby 170 



CHAPTER X. 



OUR SERVANTS. 



A retrospective vision Phillis in her domain Her destructiveness 

 Her ideas on personal adornment The woes of a mistress 

 Eye-service Abrupt departure of Phillis Left in the lurch 

 Nancy and her successors Cure of sham sickness The thief's 

 dose Our ostrich-herd A bride purchased with cows 

 English and natives at the Cape Character of Zulus and 

 Kaffirs 182 



CHAPTER XI. 



HOW WE FARED. 



Angora goats Difficulty of keeping meat The plague of flies 

 Rations Our store Barter Fowls Chasing a dinner 

 Fowls difficult to rear Secretary birds as guardians of the 

 poultry-yard Jacob in the Karroo He comes down in the 

 world He dies Antelopes A springbok hunt The Queen's 

 birthday in the Karroo Colonial dances Our klipspringer 

 Superstition about hares Game birds Paauw Knorhaan 

 Namaqua partridges Porcupines A short-lived pet Indian 

 corn Stamped mealies Whole-meal bread Plant used for 

 making bread rise Substitutes for butter Priembcsjes A 

 useful tree Wild honey The honey-bird Enemies of bees 

 Moth in bees' nests Good coffee Sour milk ... ... 203 



