PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. PORT ELIZABETH AND WALMER.

CHAPTER II. SOME OF OUR PETS.

CHAPTER III. PLANTS OF THE KARROO.

CHAPTER IV. OUR LITTLE HOME.

CHAPTER V. CLIMATE OF THE KARROO.

CHAPTER VI. OSTRICHES.

CHAPTER VII. OSTRICHES ( continued ).

CHAPTER VIII. MEERKATS.

CHAPTER IX. BOBBY.

CHAPTER X. OUR SERVANTS.

CHAPTER XI. HOW WE FARED.

CHAPTER XII. KARROO BEASTS, BIRDS AND REPTILES.

CHAPTER XIII. OUR NEIGHBOURS.

CHAPTER XIV. GOOD-BYE.

HOME LIFE
ON AN OSTRICH FARM.

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm

By

ANNIE MARTIN

WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1891

Authorized Edition.

To T. M.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR SOUTH AFRICAN LIFE.