| 单词 | veld |
| 例句 | So, Ellen and I wandered together in the veld and hills surrounding the township. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She hopped into my car and we set off on a wild ride through the untamed veld, to get to the remote rondavel of her relative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in fact I remained a country boy at heart, and there was nothing that lifted my spirits as much as blue skies, the open veld, and green grass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we began going to another site at the other end of the veld, where a chicken factory, Sunnyside, dumped loads of dead, diseased chickens, and rejected eggs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After lunch I took her for a drive to an area between Johannesburg and Evaton, an open veld just past Eldorado Park. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was keen to visit the countryside again, to be in the open veld and rolling valleys of my childhood. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tramped across the veld to visit friends and relatives, but the magic world of my childhood had fled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From these days I date my love of the veld, of open spaces, the simple beauties of nature, the clean line of the horizon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was beginning to rise from beyond the veld when Granny and my mother dragged me to school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent some hours together, walking on the veld outside town, talking and playing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun came up, gradually, and I marvelled at how, as it emerged mysteriously from behind the distant shacks and veld, everything suddenly sparkled and filled with warmth and sprang to life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver was not well, but when we met we were like two young boys in the veld who took strength from our love for each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon leaving King’s we would go to the open veld, where we would imitate the various fighting methods—using sharpened sticks and iron rods—we had seen in the pictures. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Congress of the People took place at Kliptown, a multiracial village on a scrap of veld a few miles soudiwest of Johannesburg, on two clear, sunny days, June 25 and 26, 1955. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When you’re a native, tourists are the dust balls on the urban veld: functionally useless and fouling up the works. T Magazine: Room With a Purview 2011-11-25T17:30:45Z Truman Capote, a transplant to the borough, called it a “veritable veld of tawdriness.” Review | The rise, fall and resurgence of Brooklyn 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z We sped into the rolling velds of England’s Cotswolds, choosing the narrowest, most agrarian lanes possible in the direction of Stratford-upon-Avon, our next overnight. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a blood-orange sky. Pete Turner, Photographer, Dies at 83; Used Rich Color to Alter Reality 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z "The rest they take off the veld," she said. Is trouble ahead for South Africa’s private rhino breeders? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Their tale of survival has them hopping into their trucks and driving them like hunters on the veld. Perspective | Claiming self-defense in the face of privilege and boogeymen 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Some combination preparations containing African mango, veld grape, East Indian globe thistle and mangosteen showed promising results, but were investigated in three or fewer trials, often with poor research methodology or reporting. Complementary medicines for weight loss not justified, study suggests 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z As the sun became a narrow red eye on the horizon, a dust storm descended the cliffs to our left and crossed the road into empty veld. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z My mouth was as dry as the dusty veld outside. Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The rough exurbs of Cape Town yielded to an amber veld with patches of irrigated green; hills rose and fell. The History of Southern Africa, by Train 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The distance from pushing major labor reforms to pacifying the Ohio veld seemed to indicate the evanescence of his ambitions. John Kasich vs. ‘Obscurity’ 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z If you drive into the high veld country an hour northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, you might not even notice when you cross into the Cradle of Humankind. Where Is the Birthplace of Humankind? South Africa and East Africa Both Lay Claims 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The early twentieth-century landscape artist known by his last name Pierneef is today a national icon for his renderings of the veld, thorn trees and farmhouses. Ellerman House: A Luxury Cape Town Hotel, Or Really A Fine Art Museum? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Someone trolling us on social media is as close as any of us get to the stress of a predator bearing down on us on the veld. Think you don’t use your fight-or-flight response anymore? Just try engaging with Internet trolls. 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Evarola’s attorney, Curtis Van de veld, argued throughout the trial there was no evidence that his client reported or collected overtime for which he didn’t work. Jury clears Guam man in OT fraud case 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z On my mental screen I saw lions driving the wolves—or hyenas, maybe—into the veld. Louise Erdrich: “The Big Cat.” 2014-03-24T04:00:00Z The plan was to shadow Matt as he ranged across the veld, knocking down trees and snacking on leaves. To Save Wildlife, and Tourism, Kenyans Take Up Arms 2012-12-29T19:10:23Z Even their travel itinerary has required them to swap the scenic coastline of KwaZulu-Natal for the parched high veld of Gauteng province where they will stay for the next 10 days. Lancaster may shuffle England pack for second Test with South Africa 2012-06-10T21:01:01Z It does no harm that the tourists are kicking off at sea level against the Boks rather than meeting them on the high veld in Johannesburg, the venue for next week's second Test. England are a better-prepared bunch, ready to stand up to South Africa 2012-06-08T21:01:01Z In this great continent, which even to-day is half unknown, King Death rules from the Sahara to the veld. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Rock Center with Brian Williams traveled to the African veld to film the community’s mercy mission. Rhinos' Last Hope: Cutting Off Their Valuable Horns 2012-02-24T20:35:18Z There’s a stone erected to your memory out on the veld beyond Bulawayo. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z Lawless had during a chequered career spent many an eventful night round a camp fire, but no more strange experience had he passed through than on that night, guarding Van Bleit on the open veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z "I have to thank you, Mrs. Brown, for an evening which has been—er—after two years on the veld, most enjoyable." Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z And so we creep onwards over dreary country—like the South African veld—to Lebrija, an old Moorish town with a great church on a height, apparently the only building of note in the place. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Everything is so quietly, unobtrusively sociable, and subjects are not too numerous in the veld, so that when a man has something apropos or interesting to tell, he commands an appreciative audience. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z But the idea that he must walk obsessed him; and, with his gun-case in hand and his kit across his shoulders, he struck across the veld, turning his back on the permanent way. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z Van Bleit and Denzil on their arrival hired a Cape cart from the town and drove the twenty miles across the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z One minute more and he would squeeze the life out of him and fling his body out on the veld. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z We’ll watch the night close down upon the veld, and look out upon the moving darkness together, and forget the world entirely and all this weary business of life... The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z I do believe that the fascination within the fascination is the camp-fire in veld life, with its pleasant yarn-swapping, and its long, pregnant, thoughtful silences, no less enjoyable. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Surely never had sunlight shone more golden, never had the blue of the sky appeared more intense, nor the veld glowed with such splendour of colour. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z There was nothing for it but to tramp over the veld between meals. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z I wonder if you will ever see into the heart of the veld? The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The veld is smothered with it in places. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z People either had their own wagons and trekked across the veld, rode horses, or drove a four-in-hand. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Green mingled with brown and orange, shot with vivid colours, where the hardy veld flowers blossomed in the grass and among the piles of hot-looking yellow stones by the side of the road. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z He had no particular fancy for wintering on the high veld, and he did not desire to leave Cape Town. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z There were a few Madeira chairs with cushions in them, and a profusion of veld flowers, flowers in bowls and any available vessel—splashes of colour against the cool dark woodwork of the panelled walls. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z What mischief had we not done by our unpardonable carelessness,—and we had always taken it so much amiss when the British troops had set fire to the veld! Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z They climbed its steep stairs and stood gazing from marble-pillared openings at a great vista of empty veld and a far line of hills. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z It was a quaint old-fashioned place, this hotel on the veld, one-storied, with a stoep in front and a flight of low steps leading up to it. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z It was the first time they had met since the memorable occasion on the veld, and it was evident from the expression on their faces that that last occasion was in the minds of both. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The nature of the veld was in his blood. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z By degrees we became used to discipline, a clear proof of which was the fact that no one fired unnecessary shots, or set the veld on fire. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z So the drive into the veld was renounced, but home was reached only by a route both long and obvious. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z A tiny breath of wind came sighing across the veld; the girl lifted her face to meet it, and her eyes smiled. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z He rose after a while, and pocketing his pipe, whistled to the mare, which, feeding on the veld some yards distant, lifted her head at the sound, and moved farther away. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z It was neither a restful nor a pretty garden; it was burnt up and sunbaked like the surrounding veld, save for one long bed below the stoep which was planted with flowers and carefully tended. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The showers had already had effect upon the veld, and the tender blades of grass were making their appearance. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z That particular kind is not the kind that will ever do for veld life: they are for other things and other work. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z It was a fine night, warm and still; the wan moonlight pierced the dusk palely, revealing the road cutting like a path of silver across the velvety darkness of the veld. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z He furnished a description of the scene on the veld, and the Colonel listened in silence, save for an occasional appreciative grunt. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z That is a characteristic of the Boer; he is as much a part of the soil as the coloured man, when it comes to wide spaces—to the veld which he has named. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z But I could not believe that it was thou, Kopje Alleen, whose fame had spread far and wide—thou mere mole on the face of the veld. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Of the people who live lonely lives, on the veld or elsewhere, few do so of their own free choice. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The veld glowed with an intensity of colour that strove with a sort of hard defiance against the golden light of the sun. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z The pocket-book and its further contents lay on the veld at his feet. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z It wasn’t to be expected that you would feel as we do about the veld... The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Amongst them there was a woman who had recently given birth to a child in the open veld, when along with other women she sought shelter, after her house was burnt. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z He looked such a ridiculous sight that his little tragedy of “lost in the veld” was forgotten—one could only laugh. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z You may strike across the veld, but sooner or later you have to come back to the road.” The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z He picked a beautiful pure white bloom from the veld, and gave it to Lawless to admire. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z She turned aside and went to the window and stood there, her air a little drooping as though she were weary, her eyes travelling listlessly across the shining wonder of dew-drenched sunlit veld. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z A fork was better after all than one's fingers, and sitting on a chair in the study than on an anthill in the veld. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The secret of agreement in the veld is—complete independence! Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z I thought I met an old Bushwoman gathering roots in the veld, and she said to me that if any delay came you and I would never be married. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z He went a little way with him on his backward journey, and stood for quite ten minutes looking after the tall figure as it strode away over the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Every tree and kopje, every flower that blossomed in the veld, was dear to her with the priceless value of long familiar things. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z If, however, the majority were in favour of peace, the burghers should choose other leaders in the place of those who had held them in the veld by means of lies and threats. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z While I was in Barberton he accompanied me everywhere, but—absurd as it seems—there was a constant danger for him there, greater though less glorious than those he faced so lightly in the veld. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z I jest pottered about by the house into the afternoon, looking out every now and ag’in to see if Bolo were coming back, when of a sudden I see him tearing acrost the veld. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z It set Lawless thinking of Home as he rode across the veld,—of a gabled grey-walled house set down in a pretty garden that gave upon a lane. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The last thing I recall is walking on the veld.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Lord Kitchener declared that the behaviour of the Boers in the veld seemed very foolish to him. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z His deafness, which passed almost unnoticed and did not seem to handicap him at all in the veld, became a serious danger in camp. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Casting my eye acrost the veld, there I seed a black spot in the distance. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He did not feel especially friendly towards him on that particular night; but Hayhurst had happened upon his dwelling out of the darkness, and claimed his hospitality, as was customary in the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Possibly she saw anew those long dead years passing before her mind like the mirage trees of the veld which appear only to vanish again. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Before nightfall we reached it, and found there a part of the Bethlehem Commando that had just returned from the bush veld, whither they had accompanied General de Wet. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The last day of each trip in the Bush veld was always a day of trial and hard work for man and beast. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z First he took a walk round the wagon, then he shaded his eyes as he glanced over the veld, then he took a bite and a look, then a sip and a look. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He caught up the empty bottles, and going outside with them flung them out upon the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Won’t you go with me again alone in search of the truth and the mystery which make the beauty of the veld? The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z One instance of a sad veld fire occurred on the 11th of August. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Finally, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing in the veld, as elsewhere. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Two days after I seed three of ’em stealing up across the veld, and blow me if they didn’t come right up to the mealie patch. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z His mind had reverted to the scene on the veld in the early morning when Van Bleit had sat with a revolver covering him, and a murderous finger crooked round the trigger. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z “I have shown you something of the tragedy of the veld,” she added. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The storm raged more and more fiercely, and somebody said that if no order were given to put out all fires in the laager there was danger for the veld. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Habitat, high veld and other open grass country. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z There were a roar, a leap, a scramble, an’ Abe Pike were shooting on his tracks for the open veld. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z I have imagined you in an unconventional setting with the veld for a background... illimitable space—a selfish picture—with only you—and me...” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The country was flat and open, and the veld greener and less drought-stricken. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z This had hardly been said when someone shouted, "The veld is on fire!" Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z In the veld there are few topics that can outlast a week, and then there is little to fall back upon but the eternal subject of religion, or the ways of nature. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z It led me across the veld and a thorn caught me by the leg. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z In a lonely shanty on the veld, twenty good miles from the nearest town. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z We are rather proud of our veld then. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Their flesh was almost too fat to eat; but our horses, not being used to this kind of veld, could not live on the shrubs which fattened the sheep. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z No; they would keep ahead of the trek for a mile or so to hide their spoor, then they would fall behind and make off by some side-path or through the veld. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Abe Pike straightened himself and looked round at the drab veld, the grey hills, and the dark of the kloof where the forest trees were massed. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Then he picked up the revolver that lay on the veld and sat down facing him. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z My bullets went all over the veld, every shot missed. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The veld was yellow and scorched by the sun, and when we halted for a while on the farm I have just mentioned, the west wind sang a mournful ditty over the parched country. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z I am at a loss in the veld; but you, who have been here before, should have some confidence.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z I yeard him give a grunt, and nex’ thing I see him sailin’ along over the veld with his head down on a trail quite away from that taken by his friends.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z But here on the high veld the nights were cold yet, and the crispness of the mornings still reminded a man of the feel of an English spring. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z I spoke a few words of appeal to Hendrick, seized my fragrant pheasant and hurriedly made for the open veld. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The veld yielded very little pasturage here for our horses. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Now, come and preside at our first meal in the veld.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z At sunrise I trekked again, and bymby I see him draw the canvas aside and look back over the veld, which was as flat as the palm of my hand. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z She had declared that it was because he was jealous that he determined to bury her in the wilds of the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z My plan was to strike north-east across the veld until I reached the river; then to follow, so far as possible, the course of the latter down to Arris, beyond Kuboos. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The veld was green, and the trees heavily laden with young fruit gave promise of a good harvest. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z But the “Old Woman” had no long enjoyment of the luxuries, for two days later, when Gemsbok came in from the veld with his flock, he found that she was dead. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Luckily he went on the long trail leading from the house, and soon’s he’d gone I lit out for the top of the krantz, where I could see the veld right up to my door.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He had ridden into town alone; Tottie, who usually accompanied him, had remained at home to attend, as she informed him, to the ravages her wardrobe had sustained through the hard wear of the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Here comes a little Steenbokje on its way to a veld dam for water. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The Boers in the veld seemed to him like sheep without a shepherd. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z “It is well known,” said he, “that these Bushmen are in the habit of catching the Boers’ horses in the veld and riding their tails off.” Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z So I put a sack over my head, and taking the old muzzle-loader, stepped out into the slushy dark, and squelched away over the sodden veld towards the Kleinemonde. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The sounds were unmistakably made by the heavy creaking wheels of a waggon travelling towards them across the veld. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z But most thrilling of all, perhaps, were Outa Karel’s personal experiences—adventures by veld and krantz with lion, tiger, jackal and crocodile, such as no longer fall to the lot of mortal man. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z They would, however, do better work by remaining on the veld and using their influence with the leaders to bring this about. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z That very horse is running in this veld at present—I saw it myself only yesterday. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z An’ a euphorby tree, and a sprinkling of white thorn acacias, with the gum drops glistenin’ on the rough bark, and a few grey stones all covered with moss and a stretch of grey veld. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z There was more of the impetus that they had shown, however inefficiently, throughout the match against the USA, on the high veld at Rustenburg. World Cup 2010: England's mission accomplished ... but Germany are next 2010-06-24T06:00:00Z When he had nearly reached his dam in the veld, the White Crows overtook him. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z I have endeavoured to speak words of encouragement and consolation to them when I met them in the veld, fleeing before the enemy. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z All day long alone in the veld, under the changeless Desert sky; all night long alone in the scherm, under the unregarding stars. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Already his keen young eyes swept the veld for signs of the Zulus—and he had forgotten the little house and the little patient mother. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Smoke from nearby veld fires seeped across the Mbombela Stadium but it was Australia that sparked in the second half. Australia 2-1 Serbia 2010-06-23T21:02:00Z The whole veld was full of them, and they all began eating tortoises wherever they could find them. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The chairman then caused the letter, together with its annexures, which had been addressed by the Governments from Pretoria to the burghers in the veld, to be read. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z It was a relatively quiet crowd until the final minutes at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, set in the platinum-rich high veld of northern South Africa. USA ties England 1-1 in World Cup opener 2010-06-12T20:56:00Z Early next morn, me and Jim stretched away across the veld, towards the Fish River, carrying a tin for the honey and a hunk of black bread. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Under the cloudless curve Of a wide remorseless sky Sleeps the patchy scrub of the sweeping veld And the slim blue gums, and the wattle belt Where the shrike broods watchfully. Provocations One day Jakhals and Hyena were out walking together when a white cloud came up behind the kopjes and floated over the veld quite close to them. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The veld was in splendid condition—the grass waved in the breeze, but we had seen no cattle to graze on it. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The pastoral lands or velds are distinguished according to the nature of their herbage as “sweet” or “sour.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Right away I looked over the country, an’ I see’d to the right the smoke rising and across a stretch of veld I seed a black patch movin’. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Wide from the tent, like swell on swell of sea The great veld swept and rolled in curves away, A shabby patch of God's eternity Neglected by the angels, bare and grey, Wind-swept and solitary. Provocations And he jumped, and bucked, and rushed about the veld, till at last the baby had to let go. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z When we passed through Cornelis River, close to the house of Paul Prinsloo, the number of cattle was so great that the veld seemed literally alive with them. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Of the roads in general it may be said that they are merely tracks across the veld made at the pleasure of the traveller. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Well, after a time, I saw him crossing the veld, making himself small when he was on the level, and running when he got in a holler. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The midnight echoed clear, Rang with that urgent summons from the veld, That startling premonition. Provocations For a long time the Old Man in the sky shot down strong light and sucked all the water out of the veld. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The veld was more beautiful than the day before. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The Transvaal veld was much greener, and more rolling, than that of the Orange Free State. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal Our work of repatriation which had loomed so large on the southernward veld became here a business at once incidental and remote. The Passionate Friends A mighty Silence wrapped the veld in dreams. Provocations He crawled out far in the veld and sat in the path where the Old Blue One liked to walk. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z Everywhere there were crowds of vehicles of every sort—buggies, carts, and spiders—besides which the veld was covered with enormous numbers of cattle. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The marvel was greater still when my conductor told me that as late as 1892—five years ago—this suburb, now so flourishing, was a mere virgin grassy veld. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal So far as tactical positions are concerned, any force on the defensive upon the veld of the Boer States must be mainly dependent on the rivers. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The billowing veld, its tawny ceaseless roll Was but the highway to the end she sought. Provocations But when Hyena swung him round—one, two, three, pht!—away he slipped and ran over the veld as fast as he could. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z That night in the tavern on the veld had branded a child with premature knowledge of the ferocious, ravening, devouring Beast that lies in Man concealed. The Dop Doctor But high, low, and bush veld, and Karroo, etc., have been always indefinite terms to me, and so I came to conceive aspects of land which were different to the reality. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal The Boer farmer, still uncertain of security in the outlying solitudes of the veld, still unaccustomed to it in the more frequented districts, never wasted ammunition even though a use for it seemed remote. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government He shrieked away the sight Till the wide veld was reeling. Provocations But she never went to live on a farm again; the veld was quite good enough for her.” Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The shadowy right arm of Slabberts swept out, taking in the black and void and formless veld with a large free gesture. The Dop Doctor Boer independence has as warm friends in our Parliament as on the veld. The Message The Bedouin Arab did not expend more care upon his steed of pure Kehailan blood, nor the medieval British archer upon his bow, than did the veld farmer upon his weapon. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government His keen eyes swept the veld, grave and perplexed. Provocations Dust is all you see, and when that has blown away—ach no! there are no bucks; the whole veld is empty, empty!” Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z "Coming from the veld, apparently, and not from town," said the picket Commander. The Dop Doctor Figure to yourself the attitude of such people, where the great open uplands of the Empire were concerned: the prairie, the veld, the bush. The Message At 3 a.m. a sergeant from Grimshaw's piquet, which had been surprised at the cross roads, hurried into camp and reported the approach of the enemy in force across the veld. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government General Smuts: The words are: "in the veld." The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 Again came back the sound over the veld, as if it had been an echo. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z Crowds gathered on the barely-reclaimed veld at the northern end of the town to see the Military Executive take over the Hospital. The Dop Doctor "You forget, Mr. Stairs, I grew up on the veld," she said. The Message This was a bluff and precipitous hill, thatched here and there with long grasses on its northern face, on its eastern sloping easily down to the veld which rolled in rounded waves towards Ladysmith. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government He said: 'I am entitled by law to force every man to join, and if they do not do so to confiscate their property, and leave their families on the veld.' Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 When it was all over, he cleaned his claws in the sand and waltzed away slowly over the veld to where his mate sat on the nest. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z It was at a kind of veld tavern in the Orange Free State, a shanty in the grass-country between Driepoort and Kroonfontein, where travellers can get a bad lodging, and bad liquor, and worse company. The Dop Doctor It was, however, a glorious moonlight night, and marching across the veld had a charm which even the dust could not quite destroy. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Bushveld Generally used in the Transvaal in reference to the low veld, in contrast to the high veld of the south and east and the bushveld of the north-east and north. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government But the Bond has unshaken faith in the Opposition, whose every word and action are quoted here, and lead to more deaths on the veld. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 The smaller ones, like Dassie, Mierkat, and Hedgehog, were at the sides; and Zebra, Springbok, Ostrich and Giraffe waited in the veld to hear the news. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z They had seen something approaching over the veld. The Dop Doctor Between this wood and Sand Spruit is a long stretch of veld, which on the day of the battle was intersected by several wire fences. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland By dawn the dangerous defile was safely threaded and the force debouched on to the broad veld which rolls about the southern buttresses of the Biggarsberg. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The unfortunate balala "the people who are dead" those miserable fugitives from savage justice, or, more often, remnants of clans scattered in war, often perished in veld conflagrations. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The milk-bushes and karroo-bushes grew green again, and the little veld flowers burst out of the hard ground, and opened their white, and blue, and pink, and purple eyes to look at the Sun. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z She saw a ragged child sitting there watching for the earliest flush of dawn or the solemn folding of night's wide wing over the lonely veld, and the coming of the great white stars.... The Dop Doctor Their first pull was too much for the rope, which broke, with the inevitable result that the whole 120 were deposited on the veld, on the broad of their backs. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Some two miles to the south-east of Belmont station a hill, in form like a sugar-loaf, rises abruptly about 280 feet above the veld. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Leaving the cattle to fend for themselves, I started at a run across the veld towards the objective of the rushers. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer They saw that it was a good plan, so they all went to the hunting veld of Old Three Sticks and his friends and spread themselves out, as the little Red Tortoise had said. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The great grey eyes swam in sudden tears that were not to be repressed, as the Mother-Superior remembered the finding of that lost lamb on the veld seven years before. The Dop Doctor And how monotonous that veld can be none can appreciate save those who have experienced its deadly sameness. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland As seen from the railway, the direct line of advance on Kimberley, the Mont Blanc range stands out of the veld like a fortress. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The major recovered his property, but the thief wrenched himself from the grasp of his captor, bolted like a rabbit between the sorting-heaps, and gained the open veld. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The next day all the time that was not given to lessons and meals was spent by the little boys in scouring the veld for a red tortoise. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z "So, then, you are not willing to go back in a veld waggon?" demanded the bullying voice. The Dop Doctor Day after day, week after week, the tired, footsore, but stout-hearted column-of-route made its slow and wearisome way over the apparently limitless expanse of the swelling veld. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland In the centre, Magersfontein Hill, a grim and rock-bound kopje, rises precipitously from the veld and dominates the plain, six miles in width, which stretches from its foot to the Modder River bridge. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government So I made for the open veld, and stood not upon the order of my going. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer His chief income was from the flocks of sheep and goats that grazed on the scanty herbage of the veld. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania It is Sunday, when Briton and Boer hold the Truce of God, and the church-bells ring to call and not to warn the people, and sweet Peace and blessed Silence brood over the shrapnel-scarred veld. The Dop Doctor Ahead, behind, all round, nothing but veld, veld, veld. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland The route taken ran for two and a half miles on Colesberg, and then north-east across the veld, past the east of Coles Kop. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government One day a man with whom I was acquainted was riding through the veld a few miles from his camp. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Black servants were the shepherds, and the children, having no work to employ their time, were free to roam over karoo, and veld, and along the river. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania She pointed over the veld to the prostrate brown figure, and a cry of alarm broke from Lynette. The Dop Doctor Below them they saw the stream of flying Boers hurrying across the veld. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland I thought of you trading on the Mashonaland veld, and passing unscathed and unafraid over it by night and day you that had nothing to be ashamed of. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales As far as the eye could reach the veld was dappled with herds of these and other animals. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer They were oddly alike, these two veld men, with their gentle ways, their brown muscular hands, and their eyes full of distance. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Nothing, but that the waggons of the emigrants had turned south for Diamond Town a fortnight before the finding of that lost lamb upon the veld. The Dop Doctor A horse from somewhere in front broke loose and galloped over the veld, straight into the ranks of the sleeping regiments. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Once I pressed him rather inquisitively and mischievously as to his present work on the veld. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales I only know of one instance of a white man falling a victim to a veld fire. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer She had been false: that was why he had sought the wide world of the veld and renounced women. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa For she was remembering the tavern on the veld. The Dop Doctor So once more it had to trudge over the veld, General Hart moving it in line of quarter-columns, and being as particular about the 'dressing' as if he were on Laffan's Plain. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Trust him to encourage native industries and native ideas; Trust him to believe in the veld. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Meanwhile, in the homeland here in Canada, the steadfast, unflinching and imperturbable Mounted Police were doing their duty just as pronouncedly as their comrades on the veld. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police I have crossed the veld and the seas a thousand times looking for you, and have found you at last! Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa She had helped her faithfully and tenderly to nurse Lynette through the long illness that had followed the finding of that lost lamb upon the veld. The Dop Doctor Once or twice ghostly forms on horseback loomed suddenly out of the blackness of the veld, momentarily lit up by the glare from the engine. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland To Carrot, who could both ride and find his way about the veld, the police seemed often deficient as pathfinders and horsemen. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales He had, as already stated, great powers of observation and that remarkable faculty for forecasting, which was exemplified, then, on Canadian prairies as it was later on the South African veld. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police So out she stumbled across the veld again, in the direction of the lanterns, evading as best she could the prickly-pear bushes, stubbing her feet against rocks and boschies, drenched and driven by the storm. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa "What on earth is the veld?" asks the lady of the red umbrella, with acerbity. The Dop Doctor As they fled across the open veld in full view, they were pursued by every variety of missile. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland I'm kept hanging about on her veld, while she delays my donkeys. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales There was nothing in the farm to hold Emmanuel, no charm in the veld nor interest in the work. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories His face was as serene as usual, and his envied gift of turning events of the monotonous everyday veld life into interesting topics of conversation remained unimpaired. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa They halted, and, concealed from observation by a fold of the grassy veld, waited for the explosion of the dynamite cartridge. The Dop Doctor In this order the brigade moved across the broad expanse of veld, leading to the banks of the Tugela. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Yes, to Leonard anything grimy is just as romantic as green fields to me, or brown veld to my cousin. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Katje clenched her hands and looked out to the veld in silence. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories Long she leaned from her bedroom window, gazing at the great grey spaces of veld that she loved so much, but seeing them not. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa There was no halt; it rolled on, a vision of innumerable moving legs and tanned, wearied faces, over the greening veld to the north-east. The Dop Doctor Every conceivable sort and kind of small-arm ammunition lay scattered around on the veld, and those who were keen on curios of this description made quite a collection of full and empty cases. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Yes, she promised to prove a very undesirable help-meet on the veld, so far as I could judge. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales The veld underfoot was soft and tender as satin, and the grass was fresh and green. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories She gave a little flick of her whip, and away she went over a great burnt-out patch of veld, leaving the long, white, dusty road to those who had no choice but to take it. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa He had cleverly blurred all trails leading back to the tavern on the veld, and he knew enough of girls and women to believe that this girl had kept secret what had happened there. The Dop Doctor As the light faded, a mist rose from the veld, which after a few minutes began to change colour, until at last it settled down to a most beautiful shade of light green. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland As he drove along the veld twenty minutes after, Julian looked back at the burning Church. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales The noises of the veld and the farm came in to them, and they drew closer together. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories He has either fallen into one of the streams or got out beyond the hedge into the open veld—which seems impossible, somehow. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The jewel Bough had left on the veld had belonged to him once. The Dop Doctor The allegory is not hard to interpret, though the tame landscape of a London park frames it less fitly than a wide stretch of wild and solitary veld. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Its big window took a discreet peep at the veld, but it was not the untamed veld, only Rosebery Commonage. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales With this bundle under his arm and a handkerchief tied over his head, he and his companion lurched uncertainly over the veld towards the watch, after first having taken a draught from their spirit-flask. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service He strode along the soft, dusty roads that still had a feel of the veld in them, neither looking nor listing whither he went. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Says Bough: 'They picked her up on the veld seven years ago, a runaway in rags. The Dop Doctor One of the closest observers of his character said that to see the true Rhodes you must see him on the veld. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Osborne listened respectfully, but his eyes were looking far away, with dreams of the veld in them. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales They made it a rule never to clip the wires around the town, because this would betray the route used by them, but out in the veld no wire fences were spared. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service "Give me London lamp-posts," he was in the habit of saying, "and you can have all the veld you want for keeps." Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The young woman he talked of was brought up at his place in Orange Free State, a nice respectable boarding-house and hotel for travelling families on the veld between Driepoort and Kroonfontein. The Dop Doctor Now, the pack hunted on the same veld where a troop of buffalo grazed, but the bull who led the troop was wise. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa Probably because he had lived a lonely life on the veld much too long. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales But no, the woman turns from him in extreme agitation, refuses to answer his questions, and is so evidently distressed at his appearance that he turns away and withdraws to the veld to think. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service He had lived in Rhodesia, off and on, for ten years, and the veld life was in the very blood and bones of him. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa "Ask her if she remembers the Free State Hotel on the veld, three days' trek from Dreipoort, and Bough, who was her friend?" the voice would say.. The Dop Doctor Now, you take a lion—a bush lion or a veld lion, a yellow lion or a black lion, young or old. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa Grace me these veld spoils rude with name of thine! Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Slowly he drags his weary limbs across the veld, hesitatingly he presents himself, falteringly he proffers his request. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Unfortunately, his gallant resistance to this pleasant temptation would never be known, for Gay suddenly and unexpectedly wheeled to the left and put her horse's head to the veld. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa With her grave eyes screened by her lifted hand, she had been watching the progress of the spider westward over the dun-yellow veld. The Dop Doctor On the grey veld he used to read Marius the Epicurean, and sought in Mr. Pater the key to the mystery he was unable to solve. Masques & Phases Mine's been the luck not thine these long years now To tread the veld. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales He stepped from his hiding-place, quickly deciding to walk nonchalantly forward, the open veld leaving no possible means of pursuing his way under cover. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service You don't know what you mean to me, Diana—a star dropped out of heaven; the pure air of the veld I love; white lilies growing on a mountain top. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa But though the watch-fires of their pickets burned upon the veld, and though the Boer lay in laager over the Border, of him they said not one word. The Dop Doctor My wife, brought up like a civilized woman in the Cape Colony, has had five times in her life to run from the house and sleep in the veld when attacked by Zulus and Basutos. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs It was Saturday night, and I had just come in from the veld, while Browne's party had reached Rosebery by the morning train. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Concentration Camps were formed in every part of the country, and the women and children placed in tents on the open veld, near the railway lines where possible, or in close proximity to the towns. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service It was from the parson's daughter, that eccentric painter who lived somewhere on the veld, and whose home was to have been Diana's destination. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa "He is my friend—out there upon the veld." The Dop Doctor He was accustomed to live on the open veld and hunting with his elders, and, when he saw that all his former companions were going to war, he begged for permission to accompany the commando. With the Boer Forces Nor horns nor heads have I to give to thee, Yet spoils of sorts veld spoils I bring with me. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Of the rest some fled into the open veld, while others, hopelessly ignorant of their surroundings or of the route to take, wisely returned to town under cover of the darkness of the night. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service All Rhodesians have this heart-wound, which opens and bleeds when they are away from their country, and only heals over in the sweet veld air. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa She had never told him what had happened at the tavern on the veld. The Dop Doctor Wherever one might be, whether in the houses on the veld or in the battlefield’s trenches, every one spoke of “Oom Paul” in a manner which indicated that he was the Boer of all Boers. With the Boer Forces The Superintendent was conscious of a profound distrust of the untamed veld, its influence and its inhabitants. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales As you may expect, if you know Miss Young's former work, it is a South African story, not concerned however with Boers and natives and the trackless veld, but with coastwise civilization and suburban garden-parties. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 They could understand what it meant to him to know that he would see the sunshine again, the rose and primrose dawns, the great purple shadows of night flung across the veld. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa And then he would be running through the lashing, bucketing wet, circumventing the sentry-posts, wriggling over the veld on his belly like a snake. The Dop Doctor Hundreds did not stop even at Brandfort, but continued over the veld until they reached their homes in the north of the Free State and in the Transvaal. With the Boer Forces I have never seen this feature of the veld so marked elsewhere in South Africa. With Botha in the Field They came by instinct and not by acquisition, and they cannot be sufficiently accounted for as the outcome of experience in the pursuit of game on the veld. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans She paints, and lives on a farm somewhere on the veld in the Cape Colony, so I am allowed to go and stay with her for three months. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa There was a short sharp whistle, followed by the sound of cantering hoofs, and the rattle of hurrying wheels dying out over the veld to the north-east. The Dop Doctor After that period was passed the takhaar would walk the veld in order that you might ride his horse. With the Boer Forces When you see this--catch a glimpse of it suddenly where it stands on the veld outside the town--you get a thrill of sheer astonishment. With Botha in the Field Moshesh, the chief of the Basutos, watched curiously from his mountains the trains of wagons strung out on the veld, but refrained from molesting the emigrants. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans When within a thousand yards or so they encountered a troop of mares grazing on the veld. With Steyn and De Wet "It was in South Africa, my Convent ... more than a thousand miles from Cape Town, in British Baraland, on the Transvaal Border—in a little village-town, dumped down in the middle of the veld." The Dop Doctor De Wet himself leaped into a light, ramshackle four-wheeler, and led the advance over the dusty veld. With the Boer Forces The second phase of the Free State Rebellion was a pantomime more than anything else; a week's pantomime acted in the open veld in rain that never stopped. With Botha in the Field He did not see, however, that the Boers derived little or no strength from their towns, which were rather a source of weakness; they were men of the veld and the veld was their strength. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Having received orders to accompany the construction party, I said good-bye to my comfortable quarters, and found myself in the veld once again. With Steyn and De Wet They did not falter or droop under his again, as she told him in few and simple words the story of what had happened in the tavern on the veld. The Dop Doctor At midnight another halt was made, horses were off-saddled and men lay down on the veld to sleep. With the Boer Forces With his goal practically right ahead, he reached three of the parallel large sand dunes with which the veld around Upington is scattered. With Botha in the Field He lost heart, handed over his command to Muller, and went down to the low veld adjoining the Pietersburg Railway. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans It was not advisable to operate under the eyes of the townspeople, so I marched across the bridge and into the veld, until a suitable spot was reached. With Steyn and De Wet But days and days, and nights and nights of billowing, spreading, lonely sky-arched veld intervened between each homestead. The Dop Doctor Boers rode rapidly down the spruit and out upon the veld behind a low range of kopjes which lay in front of the British force. With the Boer Forces Cut off the wire and rail communication of a South African veld town and you have isolation in the most thorough sense. With Botha in the Field Meanwhile he subsisted on dwindled rations and on what he could pick up on the veld. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Standing in the open veld under the telegraph line was a Cape cart, under the cart a telegraph instrument. With Steyn and De Wet "This, not for the compliment, but because it is seven years to-day since I found you, lying like some poor little strayed lamb on the veld, under the burning sun." The Dop Doctor A startled buck bounded over the veld, two rifles were turned upon it, and its flight was ended. With the Boer Forces Had the thing not contained the very germ of tragedy it would have been laughable to see the way those figures scattered over the red veld. With Botha in the Field The expedient was, in the first instance, applied to the railways as a protection against the raids to which they were subject; and after July, 1901, it was extended to the open veld. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans We reined in on the veld, gazed at the British camp, and then at each other. With Steyn and De Wet The child, often beaten by Bough and the woman of the tavern, might have been even worse treated by the coloured servants but for those two graves out on the veld. The Dop Doctor Unselfishness marked all the works of the woman of the city or veld, and the welfare of the country was her only ambition. With the Boer Forces The attacking party had to work their way through open veld before they could charge the enemy; they made a mark as good as standing game. With Botha in the Field French's ponderous columns had trudged painfully across the veld from Springs almost into Zululand, and had left things much as they were at the beginning of February. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans "Forward!" ordered the commandant, and forward we raced along through the veld, keeping a look-out for holes. With Steyn and De Wet Bough remounted, and, humming a dance tune that was often on his lips, rode away over the veld. The Dop Doctor He was able to thrive on the grass of the veld, and when winter killed that product he needed but a few bundles of forage a day to keep him in good condition. With the Boer Forces It was bitterly cold--cold as the Free State night on the veld knows how to be. With Botha in the Field The Boers in the veld watched it with the detachment and unconcern of a wild bird on the branches looking down upon the fowler laying his snares in the field below. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The whole veld was full of scattered Boers retiring in all directions, with a shell bursting in between them every now and then, luckily without any effect. With Steyn and De Wet The rain came down like gun-barrels, the veld turned into a swamp, but we kept on after the Dutchman, who drove like gay old Hell. The Dop Doctor The chaff was divided from the grain; cowards and traitors remained behind, and the willing ones went to the veld, even though it were in a retreating direction. On Commando Suddenly, just after good daylight, the Staff halted the column, glasses were put up, and away we swung half right into the veld. With Botha in the Field Columns, faint yet pursuing, started from each railway, and ignorant of his movements trudged wearily across the veld to the S.E. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans President Steyn's wife and family were installed in a house in this village, but the President himself preferred to camp in the veld and share the lot of his burghers. With Steyn and De Wet The Cape cart stood on the veld, without a scratch on the paintwork. The Dop Doctor In the night we went into the veld with a small brother of his, who rode a mule, and returned in the morning to watch the enemy's movements from the roof of the house. On Commando You don't know what it is, my son, till you've been held up for three nights by rain in war-time in the South African veld, and spent the time standing in water. With Botha in the Field It was rendered untenable on May 13, and after dark they retired on Beith, setting fire to the veld to mask the movement and hinder pursuit. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans We do not take the spoor, we slip across the veld; my mount treads gingerly, but what odds? With Steyn and De Wet She sprang up and threw it wide, leaped out upon the stoep, and from thence to the ground, and fled blindly, breathlessly over the veld into the night. The Dop Doctor Even if we clung to a straw, the possibility always remained that things might take a favourable turn as long as a fair number of burghers remained in the veld. On Commando His life is thus over the free open hills and veld until, somewhere between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, the year of the circumcision comes. African Camp Fires Two miles S.E. of Vendutie Drift, a hill, to which the name of Kitchener's Kopje was afterwards given, rises out of the veld. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Through the thick mist we saw several horsemen approach a house standing solitary in the veld. With Steyn and De Wet The wild dogs stole back, hungry, to covert, as a big light blue waggon, drawn by a well-fed team of eight span, came lumbering over the veld. The Dop Doctor I carried my saddle into the house and fled into the veld. On Commando The country through which this road led was various—open bushy veld with sparse trees, dense jungle, cocoanut groves, tall and cool. African Camp Fires For seven months he kept the flag flying over the lonely Baralong kraal in the veld. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans For several hours they were marshalled on the veld with a demonstrativeness that seemed to say: "You might as well give in at once; look at the size of us!" The Siege of Kimberley To prison what remained of her in a hastily knocked-together coffin, and drag it over the veld, looking for some plot of consecrated earth to put it in, was desecration, horror. The Dop Doctor At the time that we fled from Pretoria my mother said she would have hope as long as her 'gorillas' remained in the veld. On Commando Their battle chant, too, makes an uncanny sound, when it swells across the veld in the night, but, upon my soul, you almost hear it with relief.' The Philanderers He was immediately sent on to continue the pursuit in the Free State in co-operation with a column under Bethune, which marched directly across the veld to Fauresmith. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The new departure did not prove successful; no great harm was done, for the shells lighting on the soft veld were kinder than the shellers, and generally failed to burst. The Siege of Kimberley When the great South African sun rose and flooded the veld with miraculous liquid ambers and flaming, melted rubies, the deep, wide grave at last was done. The Dop Doctor From the high plateau we descended, over a 'lumpy' veld, with an oasis here and there in a hole or valley, or on the top of a hill, to Pilgrim's Rest. On Commando The veld seems to drink up and absorb the light, as though it was so much water trickling on the parched ground. The Philanderers The northward retreat of De Wet through the Orange River Colony in March, 1901, drew in its trail a host of British columns, which plodded sturdily across the veld with scanty results. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans To the Boer, too, a meed of praise is due; for, contrary to popular tradition, he could—and did—fight a good fight on the open veld. The Siege of Kimberley He learned that the nearest village-town might be reached in three days' trek across the veld, and that the landlord did not know whether it had a pastor or not. The Dop Doctor So we were initiated by having to pass the first nights of our commando life on the open veld with insufficient food. On Commando Your whole force—it's a mere handful—stands under arms at attention in the dark—and it can be dark on the veld, even in the open, on a starlight night. The Philanderers The position is fairly strong, and resembles a wedge lying on the veld, with a gentle ascent from the east to a plateau to which the normal level rises steeply on three sides. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The shells landed safely on the bare veld, and even when the dissatisfied gunners brought their gun closer, no harm was done. The Siege of Kimberley He tottered, and at times the tavern and the veld, and the waggons on it, and the flat-topped distant mountains that merged in the horizon, swung round him in a wild, mad dance. The Dop Doctor Suddenly the buffalo disappeared in a dip of the veld, and a few moments later came again into view a good hundred yards further to the south. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories So he spoke; so, too, Clarice believed, and that picture of moonlight on the veld became yet more vivid, yet more frequent in her thoughts. The Philanderers The progress made over the rough and encumbered veld was slow, and it was difficult to judge in the darkness how much ground had really been covered. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans From verandahs, from windows, redoubts, and debris heaps the roars of welcome were sent across the veld. The Siege of Kimberley Then he would call, and send the child away, borne in the arms of the Hottentot chambermaid to breathe the fresh air upon the veld. The Dop Doctor He saw the brute's arms wave in the air, and heard a dull thud on the ground behind him as he drove through the gully and out on to the open veld. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories It was about moonlight being absorbed into the darkness of an African veld, just soaking into it like water into dry ground. The Philanderers The veld trenches which kept Methuen at arm's length at Magersfontein and the Boer devices on the Tugela seem to show that War is not a Science, but an Art, easily acquired by unprofessional soldiers. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans On a billiard table they could have feasted their eyes at least on green; but the veld could not offer even that ocular consolation. The Siege of Kimberley But Fate had brought him to this lonely veld tavern. The Dop Doctor Besides he foresaw a slump, and he would be actually saving money on the veld. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Clarice suddenly recollected her old image of the veld, and she laughed at the recollection as one laughs at some queer fancy one has held in childhood. The Philanderers To stir up the discontented and set the veld on fire, a party of Transvaalers swooped down from Vryburg before the war was many days old. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans More horses had to be unharnessed and sent out to graze on the veld!—to live, as it were, on their wits. The Siege of Kimberley To the south there was a veld fire leaping and dancing, with swirling columns of white smoke edged with flame. The Dop Doctor The people are burning the veld all about, and the lurid smoke by day and flaming hill-sides by night are very striking. Letters from the Cape My horse was a veld pony, so I set him loose to see what he would do. Prester John Mafeking is a dull, unimportant town in the veld with a history that attracted the Boers to it. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans It came from the east, and was like the low growl of a veld thunderstorm, or a steady roll of muffled drums. Mr. Standfast He was no longer afraid of shells, any more than he was afraid of a veld thunderstorm. Greenmantle The skeletons look like wrecks, and make you feel very lonely on the wide veld. Letters from the Cape If a learned profession was denied me I vastly preferred a veld store to an Edinburgh office stool. Prester John The road rises to the Nek between heights, and the initial movements of the attack had to be made across two miles of open veld. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans UP on the high veld our rivers are apt to be strings of pools linked by muddy trickles—the most stagnant kind of watercourse you would look for in a day's journey. Mr. Standfast We passed troops by a circuit over the veld, where we took some awful risks, and once we skidded by some transport with our off wheels almost over the lip of a ravine. Greenmantle This morning, out on the veld, I watched the process of breaking-in a couple of colts, who were harnessed, after many struggles, second and fourth in a team of ten. Letters from the Cape When we reached the edge of the plateau we saw the sun sinking between two far blue peaks in Makapan's country, and away to the south the great roll of the high veld. Prester John Like a wild creature startled in the night by a veld fire and suddenly dazzled by the glare, he rushed blindly towards the flames which were soon to consume him. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Before my country had been South Africa, and when I thought of home it had been the wide sun-steeped spaces of the veld or some scented glen of the Berg. Mr. Standfast I told myself it was a reminiscence of the veld, some spot down in the Wakkerstroom country, though for the life of me I couldn't place it. Greenmantle I had just about settled to clear out and get back to the veld, for I was the best bored man in the United Kingdom. The Thirty-Nine Steps Then they move south, picking up contingents; and the final concentration is to be on the high veld near Amsterdam, which is convenient for the Swazis and the Zulus. Prester John A small escort remained with it, the wagons were laagered, and the oxen outspanned and sent out upon the veld to graze. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The sea, the veld, the sky, the forest and the river, these were her companions, for among them she dwelt solitary. The Ghost Kings As we passed one villa, shut in by a high white wall, a pleasant smell of wood smoke was wafted towards us, which made me sick for the burning veld. Greenmantle I felt just as I used to feel when I was starting for a big trek on a frosty morning on the high veld. The Thirty-Nine Steps But the east winds had damaged his lungs, and he had been glad to take the chance of a poorly paid country school in the veld. Prester John The Boers were disheartened and many of them trekked back to the veld beyond the Drakensberg passes, which is now the Orange River Colony. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans He had often reproved her habit of judging by external, and in the veld, lion and zebra skins furnish a very suitable covering. The Ghost Kings It seemed to be part of the veld, but like no veld I had ever seen. Greenmantle As the day advanced it was flooded with soft fresh light till it had the fragrant sunniness of the South African veld. The Thirty-Nine Steps The police and the commandos had been kept very secret, and, besides, they were moving on the high veld and out of the ken of the tribes. Prester John This kind of country is called "veld" in South Africa. People of Africa The girl sank in a heap upon the veld. The Ghost Kings I quite understand the fascination of these bare stretches of veld and the irresistible attraction which Africa exercises over her children, for it is unlike anything else in the world. Here, There and Everywhere Now my life on the veld has given me the eyes of a kite, and I can see things for which most men need a telescope ... The Thirty-Nine Steps Near to where he stood grew a number of veld flowers, such as appear in their glory after the rains in Africa. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales There is a story of an enormously fat old Boer who was seated on the veld with his horse at his side, when suddenly a band of armed natives rushed to attack him. Stella Fregelius Indeed, the veld here was beautiful, high, rolling plains like those of the East African plateau, covered with a deep and fertile chocolate-coloured soil, as we could see where the rains had washed out dongas. She and Allan We were bowling along at a fine pace past green trees and undulating veld, and I wondered why the engine should keep on screaming like a thing demented. The Ivory Trail The landlord looks delighted to have for a guest the man who goes "mit der veld around," and spreads the news. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran There were parts of South Africa where the veld air was so rarefied that a patient with scarcely any lung at all might live for several years. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl This is England, but they are from the veld. The Judgment House Trekking out of sight of that infernal river which annoyed me with its constant gurgling, I camped on a comparatively dry spot that overlooked a beautiful stretch of rolling veld. She and Allan The train bowled along over high veld, cutting in half magnificent distances and stopping now and then at stations whose excuse for existence was unimaginable. The Ivory Trail For a hundred more years the history of the colony was a record of the gradual spreading of the Afrikaners over the huge expanse of veld which lay to the north of them. The Great Boer War It was down in that bit of bush veld eight days ago. Benita, an African romance I never had much chance to hear great singers before I went to South Africa," he added, reflectively, "and this swallows me like a storm on the high veld—all lightning and thunder and flood. The Judgment House Well, the full moon came up in silver glory and after I had taken a good look at her for luck, also at all the veld within sight, I turned in. She and Allan To the left stretched a vast expanse of rich, undulating veld or grass land, whereon we could just make out countless herds of game or cattle, at that distance we could not tell which. King Solomon's Mines Honour to the sturdy infantry who held their grip so long, and honour also to the rough men of the veld, who, led by untrained civilians, stretched us to the utmost capacity of our endurance. The Great Boer War I was born on the veld, Father, and I have always hated London. Benita, an African romance Into Krool's eyes a terror crept which never had been there in the old days on the veld when Oom Paul had flayed him. The Judgment House Dotted here and there on these slopes grew tall aloes that from a little distance looked like scattered men, whereof the lower leaves were shrivelled and blackened by veld fires. Finished We found him seated, in the full blaze of the evening sun, on the eastern slope of one of the land-waves of the veld, with the open plain in front of him. Child of Storm As the sun topped the line of the veld half the kopje was in their possession. The Great Boer War It is reported to me that he purposes next summer to despatch an impi to wipe me and my people out, and to make my kraal black as the burnt veld. Benita, an African romance You can't play with yourself here as you can on the high veld, where an hour or two of sleep a day will do. The Judgment House To our left, not more than a hundred yards or so away, the higher veld came to an end and sloped in an easterly direction down to bush-land below. Finished You look like an old cow that has been suckling two calves on the winter veld. Child of Storm On Monday, November 27th, at early dawn, the little British army, a dust-coloured column upon the dusty veld, moved forwards again towards their objective. The Great Boer War He was standing close by, but above her, upon a big granite boulder, in climbing which his soft veld schoons, or hide shoes, had made no noise, for Meyer could move like a cat. Benita, an African romance "Oh, let's go back to the veld and the Rand!" he burst out, passionately. The Judgment House I cried to Anscombe, and off we went at a hand gallop along the native track, the cart swaying and bumping upon the rough veld. Finished It was a pleasing, lonely place, with lots of game in it, that came here in the winter to eat the grass, which was lacking on the higher veld. Child of Storm Men went down in swathes, and a howl of rage and agony, heard afar over the veld, swelled up from the frantic and struggling crowd. The Great Boer War I fear, then, that he is likely to prove an invisible god on the high veld, Mr. Meyer. Benita, an African romance This was not the veld, and he was no longer the veld-dweller with skin like the rhinoceros, all leather and bone and endurance. The Judgment House Fortunately, however, the veld was bare and open, consisting of long waves of ground. Finished When I got back to my wagons it was to find that my oxen had mysteriously disappeared from the veld on which they were accustomed to graze. Child of Storm With a high heart the dust-coloured column moved on over the dusty veld. The Great Boer War I shall live to see more gold than you can even imagine, and that is why I still continue to breed horses on the Transvaal veld. Benita, an African romance Presently he mounted and rode away across the veld. The Judgment House On the following day we reached the hot, low-lying veld which the herd of buffalo was said to inhabit. Finished You could leave her whom you called your betrothed, but who never was betrothed to anyone but me with her own will, to starve in the veld, mynheer. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain When the stories of the war are told round the fires in the lonely veld farmhouses, as they will be for a century to come, this one deserves an honoured place. The Great Boer War "Nothing matters; one may as well die upon the veld as in the sea or anywhere else." Benita, an African romance Night, the dearest friend of the soldier, had settled on the veld. The Judgment House How very Christlike was that funeral of the veld. Native Life in South Africa But you, on your part, must promise also that, till she is of age, you will not take Marie as a wife—no, not if you were left alone together in the veld. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain So all day they rode, hussars, dragoons, and lancers, over the withered veld, until men and horses drooped with the heat and the exertion. The Great Boer War Now the spring had fully come, the veld was emerald with grass and bright with flowers. Benita, an African romance Three times he had been in the fore-front of the fight where Death came sweeping down the veld like rain, but It passed him by. The Judgment House The veld here is looking pretty good, and the sheep are better since we washed them. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Our other chief trouble came from the lions, whereof there were great numbers in this veld. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Horses died under their riders, but still the column marched over the shadowy veld under the brilliant stars. The Great Boer War She rode about the veld, she sat by the lake and watched the wild fowl, or at night heard them flighting over her in flocks. Benita, an African romance On the veld you know what they would do to you. The Judgment House Presently a rather tall woman's figure was making its way across the veld. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Further, we had no breeding cattle or horses, which would not live in this veld, and only the ammunition and goods that I had brought with me. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Amid such a smashing shell fire as living mortals have never yet endured they stood doggedly, these hardy men of the veld, and fired fast and true into the fiery ranks of the Irishmen. The Great Boer War With a sound like that of thunder, their flashing myriad hoofs casting up clouds of dust from the fire-blackened veld, the great herds separated at the appearance of their enemy, man. Benita, an African romance Hundreds saw the two make their way across the veld, across the lead-swept plain; but such things in the hour of battle are commonplaces; they are taken as part of the awful game. The Judgment House The darkness of the night above him, and the silence of the veld about him, oppressed him. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland I answered that I should have thought he had done enough solitary travelling in this veld, seeing how his last expedition had ended. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain The first thousand yards of the advance were over open grassland, where the range was long, and the yellow brown of the khaki blended with the withered veld. The Great Boer War Its horns, held low, struck the forelegs of the horse, and next instant horse, man, and wilderbeeste rolled on the veld together. Benita, an African romance On the veld, with the first delicate glow, the head of a meerkat, or a springbok, is raised above the gray-brown grass; herds of cattle move uneasily. The Judgment House And the man spoke to no one, and went out alone in the veld. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Still they were sturdy and used to that veld and its diseases. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain The veld had caught fire upon the right, and a black cloud of smoke with a lurid heart to it covered the flank. The Great Boer War Indeed, often and often have I wished to be back there again, out on the veld, far away from the London streets and fog. Benita, an African romance He could see the trees, the kameel-thorn, the blue-gums, the orange and peach trees surrounding it, a clump or cloud of green in the veld. The Judgment House But I don't think it's that; I think it's being alone in the veld that's got hold of him. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland But I was afraid to walk across the open veld for fear lest the Zulus should see me and kill me. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain The whole vast expanse of the eastern veld was dotted with the broken and charred wagons of the enemy. The Great Boer War He raised himself on his elbow and looked out over the veld. The Judgment House Evening descended upon the veld with a golden radiance which soothed like prayer. The Judgment House Man, have you ever been out like that, alone in the veld, night and day, and not a soul to speak to? Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Has your brain gone soft that you cannot find your way about the veld? Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain All day the Boers streamed over the veld with the guns and the horsemen at their heels. The Great Boer War There's a storm coming up on the veld, a real jagged lightning business, and men will get hurt, hosts beyond recovery. The Judgment House She led the way into a room which was almost gay with veld everlastings, pictures from illustrated papers, small flags of the navy and the colonies, the Boer Vierkleur and the Union Jack. The Judgment House |
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