Dedication.

To My Brother Fred,

For whose little school magazine the first of these tiny stories—one of the first I ever made—was written out many long years ago.

O.S.

New College, Eastbourne, Sept. 29, 1893.

Kopjes - In the karoo, are hillocks of stones, that rise up singly or in clusters, here and there; presenting sometimes the fantastic appearance of old ruined castles or giant graves, the work of human hands. Kraal - A sheepfold. Krantz - A precipice. Sluit - A deep fissure, generally dry, in which the superfluous torrents of water are carried from the karoo plains after thunderstorms. Stoep - A porch.