This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...is mos nog glad ni hiir ni. En het jy di Ostralise luis al in jou lammoene gehad? e, ook nog ni, di wereld hiir het "n binje gesonde klammaat, On that side lies a vineyard all by itself. And how is it doing? It is young yet, but still it"s doing very well. Do you think of making wine from it? No, J don"t care for that work, I shall rather sell the grapes in town. Your farm lies just nicely near the village, Francis. That"s just what it is, Peter, thafs what encourages one to grow vegetables. Have you a reasonable amount of fruit too I 1 have not seen an orchard anywhere. My orchard lies quite on the other side, at the back of the dwelling house. I think I have the largest number of fruit trees in this neighbourhood. There are not only peaches and apricots there, but apples and pears as well, and many orange and lemon trees. Have you grafted vines, or the old kind? There has been no necessity for my getting grafted ones yet, the phylloxera is not anywhere near. And have you had the Australian bug in your orange trees? No, nor yet that; the climate in this part of the country is very healthy. Is daar niks wat fer jou hinder by di boerdery. Ja, daar"s party jare ruspers in di frugteboome. Kn as di rii"ent ni bytys kom, is ons banje gepla met roes in di gesaaide. Dan is danr natuurlik di groot plaag fan di Onderfeld, di sprinkhanS. Di goed is tog di laatste jare al te danig lastig gewees. Mag ons liwe Heer ons tog ferder fer di goed bewaar. Di foetgangers gaan nog an, maar di fli"ende; goed is al te ferskrikkelik. Dis genog om "n mens mal te maak, as "n mens siin hoe hul di oes opfreet. En jy moet daar by staan en dit ankyk, want wat "n mens ook doen, dit help tog almal niks ni. Ek hoor, di Gofferment is nou be"sig met di swerms te laat ent..-Maar ek se fe...