...their nest, Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view In the pathless depths of the parch'd Karroo. Afar in the Desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side ; Away, away in the Wilderness vast Where the White Man's foot hath never pass'd, And the quiver'd Coranua or Bechuan...

...the sun ; With that sadncss of heart which no Etranger may fcan I fly to the desert afar from man. Afar in the desert I love to ride With the silent bushboy alone by my side. When the wild turmoil of this wearisomc life, With its scenes of oppression, corruption and strifc,...

...flood, And the mighty rhinoceros wallows at will In the fen wheie the wild-ass is drinking his fill. " Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : O-er the brown karroo, where the bleating cry Of the spring-bok-s fawn sounds plaintively ; Where...

...flood, And the mighty rhinoceros wallows at will In the fen where the wild-ass is drinking his fill. " Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : O'er the brown karroo, where the bleating cry Of the spring-bok's fawn sounds plaintively ; Where...

...And the gomsbok and eland unhunted recline, By tho-skirts of gray forests o'erhung with wild vine. " Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent bush-boy alone by my side ; O'er the brown karroo, where the bleating cry Of the springbok's fawn pounds plaintively, Where the...

...underground — Within that shady Avenue, Where lofty Elms abound. i . -> TRINGLE. AFAR IN THE DESERT. AFAR in the Desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : When the sorrows of life the soul o'ercast, And, sick of the Present, I cling to the Past ; When...

...SPORTING SCENES AMONGST THE KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA. BY CAPT. ALFRED W. DRAYSON, ROYAL ARTILLERY. " Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent...side ; Away, away, from the dwellings of men, By the antelope's haunt and the buffalo's glen ; By valleys remote, where the onrebi playa, The gnn, the gazelle,...

...THE KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA. BT CAPT. ALFRED W. DRAYSON, ROYAL ARTILLERY. " Afar in the desert I lore to ride, With the silent Bushboy alone by my side; Away, away, from the dwellings of men. By the antelope's haunt and the buffalo's glen; By valleys remote, where the ourebi plays, • The gna, the...

...désert, sans autre compagnon que le pauvre sauvage qui court en silence à mes côtés. » Afar in tbc desert I love to ride With the silent bushboy alone by my side. When the sorrows of lil'e the soul o'ercast And sick of the present I turn to the pasl; And the eye...

...their nest, Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view In the pathless depths of the parch'd Karroo. Afar in the Desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alono by my side ; Away, away in the Wilderness vast Where the White Man's foot hath never pass'd,...