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Home Life on an Ostrich Farm

Annie Martin Mrs.

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On a South African farm, the strangest livestock stood taller than a man and kicked like a mule. Annie Martin recalls home life among ostriches on the Karroo, along with meerkats, pets, and the plants and climate of a harsh, beautiful land. A vivid, funny frontier memoir. Keep house on an ostrich farm at the edge of the veld.

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18 chapters

  1. 1Home Life on an Ostrich Farm
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5CHAPTER I. PORT ELIZABETH AND WALMER.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. SOME OF OUR PETS.
  7. 7CHAPTER III. PLANTS OF THE KARROO.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. OUR LITTLE HOME.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. CLIMATE OF THE KARROO.
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. OSTRICHES.
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. OSTRICHES (continued).
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. MEERKATS.
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. BOBBY.
  14. 14CHAPTER X. OUR SERVANTS.
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. HOW WE FARED.
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. KARROO BEASTS, BIRDS AND REPTILES.
  17. 17CHAPTER XIII. OUR NEIGHBOURS.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIV. GOOD-BYE.
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