r years remained
unnoticed, until the Dutch emigrants rendered it famous by their battles
with the Zulus. Thus England has eventually derived an advantage from
those proceedings which drove away above two thousand of her colonists;
and now the emigrant who desires a crop with but little trouble, a
lovely climate free from disease, and a country well watered and
fertile, may find these near where Hans Sterk selected his farm, and
where Katrine became his bride.

APPENDIX.

THE DUTCH BOER OF SOUTH AFRICA.

The term "Boer," which in English is used to describe a man who is
rough, uneducated, and illiterate, means in the Dutch language merely a
farmer, or a man who gains his living by rural pursuits. It is not
uncommon to hear the Boers speak of their companions as "_Mensch_"
(men), a distinction which they employ especially when referring to the
disputes or battles which have taken place between the English
"_Roe-barges_" (red coats) and themselves.

The Boers may be divided into two classes, viz. the "Field Boer," and
the "Town Boer."

The Field Boer is a man who usually resides on his farm, and breeds
cattle, horses, or sheep. He is generally the owner of two or three
"_spans_" of oxen, as the teams are named, of two or three waggons, and
several horses for his own riding, which he is at all times ready to
sell, if a chance offers. He passes his time principally in looking
after his farm, but the amount of ground that he cultivates is usually
very small, an acre or two being about the utmost. To hunt and shoot
are the great delight of the Field Boer, and he is very expert, both in
following game by their tracks, and in knowing where, even in a strange
country, are the most likely spots for various kinds of game.

"I think we shall here a rietbok find," a Dutchman would remark as he
rode along the side of a marshy piece of ground covered with long grass
and reeds; or "Here--so look for a duikerbok," as he rides amongst a
number of large loose stones near which are low thorny bushes and grass.

The Boer is commonly a large, heavy man, and disposed to become very
fleshy as he advances in years. This latter characteristic probably
arises from the fact that he eats very largely at his meals, and is
disinclined to take walking exercise. Riding becomes to him a sort of
second nature, and a man who is found walking from one place to another
is considered at once to be either eccentric or very poor.

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