Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp A Tale of Trans vaal Officialdo m . BEING INC IDENT S I N T HE LI FE O F A T RA AA O FF C A AS T D B! NSV L I I L, OL SON - IN - LAW HIS , S AREL E RAS M US , Jfl La te P u bl ic P rosec u tor o P r i n sl o osd o r M a r k et M a s r f p, te ' o Ko a l ko Sm a l l - ox Ta x Co l l ec to r o Schoo n s r uz t f p, p f p , etc . , etc . LO N DO N AN D S OUTH AFR I CA D R RO U NBA B S . N N : 2 HANC AN ! W . LO DO 7 , C ER L E , C . LON D O N RI NT E D B! T H E B O U VE RI E RE SS P P , 1 B LAC KFRIARS OAD S . 59 , R , E C ONT E NT S . PAG E AUT H O R’ S N OT E T R C HAP E I . T H E UPBRING I N G OF PI ET PRI N S LOO 1 T R C HAP E I I . TH E VOORTREKKER A T R C H P E I I I . LAN DDROST OF T R C HAP E IV . T H E JEALOU S! O F N ICK GROBL E R 1 39 41 1 0 — d CONT ENT S co n ti n ue . PAG E C HAPT ER V . FO R PRI NC I PLE AN D PATR I OT I SM C HAPT E R VI . F I ELD CORNET AN D STOREKEEPER C HAPT ER VI I . T H E FOU N DIN G O F P RI NSLOOSD O RP P C H A T E R VI I I . M I NI NG COMM I S S I O NER O F KAAL KO P C HAPT ER I! . AT THE DOOR O F T H E RAADZ AAL C HAPT E R ! . ’ P I ET P RI NSLOO S LAST TREK G LO SSAR! O F D U T C H WO RD S U S E D I N TH I S WORK . I L N G— B TO Strips o f m e at dried in the sun . — COMMAN DO A party o f Boers commanded for fighting or any State service . — COMMAN DEER T o c o mmand personal service or fo r material State use . I —A DR FT shallow ford . I LD N —Ah f F E COR ET important O ficial who , in addition to being chief of the fighting force o in his district, performs every branch f administrative duty fo r which no special f o fi cer is appointed on the spot . I n outlying districts he is a veritable Po o h ” f O Bah , holding all the O fices there are . n proclaimed go ld fie ld s he ranks below the Mining Commissioner . r Gl o ssa y . — GRON DWET T h e Constitutional Law o f the State . I D E — D . I llicit iamond Buying . — I N DABA Ka ffi r name fo r a se r io u s conversation , o r conference ; largely u sed in conversa tion by Afrikanders . — l NSP AN T O put h o rses o r oxen to the cart o r waggon . L— A KERE fellow ; as mooi kerel , a nice fellow . KWAAI— Strict , particular, sharp . AN S —A L DDRO T chief stipendiary magistrate . — M I NI N G COMM I S S I ON ER T h e chief Government o n r o ld fi e ld Offi cial a p oclaimed g , having control over all matters relating to the o n soil . I s the Government nominee r eve y representative body . — NACHTMAAL T h e quarterly celebration o f re li i o u s g worship , to which Boer families o travel l ng distances . I t i s the one - o universally Observed s cial gathering, and o is made a general h liday, lasting two or three days . — NEEF Nephew ; used by elders in addressing youths familiarly . O — OM Uncle . Elderly men are generally addressed as Oom by juniors . — O P RE C HT . Sincere , reliable — O UTSPAN T o unharness and release horses and oxen . r Gl o ssa y . — PRED I KANT A minister o f the D utch Re formed T h e t Church . Predikant is held in grea o o reverence by the B ers , the Doct r ranking next RAA —T h e D Parliament . Z — RAAD AAL T h e Parliament House . — ROO I N EK Re d neck ; a contemptuous name for Englishmen . ROOI BAAT E — Re d J jacket ; British soldiers . CH L - A o S E M r gue ; a rascal . I — A S CH R CK sudden fright . A B —A SJ M OK switch of rhinoceros hide , always “ s h a m carried by a Boer ; pronou nced bo k . — Ka ffi r fo r SKOFF word food . LI — S M Cunning, artful , tricky . CH —A S MOU ER pedlar. SOUP I E—A o f tot liquor . — ANDS 0 0 ST Building plots , 5 feet by 5 feet , or 0 1 5 feet by 00 feet . — STERK Strong . — STOEP T h e raised portion surrou nding all South African hou ses forming a verandah ; the o f o most frequented part the h use . — ’ T AAL T h e a t o z s Dutch p spoken by the Boers . T — ANTE Aunt . Elderly women are addressed ” familiarly as tante . r Gl o ssa y . — T ICKIE A threepenny piece ; the smallest coin T circulating in the ransvaal . — T T - REK o journey by o x waggon . — T REK C HA I N T h e chain by which the oxen draw the waggon . — T RAN S PORT RI DER O ne w h o conveys go ods by o r o T r ox mule wagg n . ansport riding was the main source o f income to farmers before o f the construction railways . T N —T h e RO K jail . L —T h e VE D Open country . N R! — V . ER EUKE Low, petty cheating ; knavery — ' VRAC HT E R Really T ruly ! A much - used i n t e r e c io n j t . — “ Nata T he V in Dutch i s always pro nounce d “ F D t he e n d o f rd s i s , the at wo always “ ” “ ” T . T d i s r o o pronounced hus , Vel p n unced “ ” Fel t an d r F reed ed or . ; Vrededo p , p T OR’ OT AU H S N E . T O South Africans generally, and U itlanders O f w particularly, no explanation the follo ing pages is necessary, but for the guidance of readers only slightly acquainted with the T ran svaal and the Conditions of life therein , it has been thought desirable to give some idea of t he scope and character O f the book which would help them to a proper understanding O f it . For this purpose I think I cannot do better than quote the following from a notice of the coming volume which appeared some time ago in a T ransvaal newspaper “ It has long been a matter for surprise that the o ffi cial side of the T ransvaal has never yet been laid under contributi o n fo r a literary work of more than transient interest . Considering the rich store o f virgin material to hand and the vast clientele interested , directly and indirectly, in the country, the market is assured and su fficient to tempt any ’ ii . Autho r Nole s . T h e f fa r publisher. di fi culty, so , has been the want of a man capable of handling the subject . o o c an N newc mer, whatever his literary gifts , be trusted t o describe the T ransvaal Boer in his many T o o n e aspects . know him , must have lived with l a n d him , speak his anguage, have at once a o f broad sympathy for his limitations , and a sense humour to present them in an attractive form . T h e task has at length been undertaken by o n e e minently qualified , and we have been favoured with f O M . a perusal the S of his work, which , under the ‘ ’ P rin sl o o s d o r title Of Prinsloo of p , will shortly b . be published y Dunbar Bros , of London and fi Johannesburg. It is absolutely the rst a ttempt on the part O f a qualified writer to depict the T a s i s n e w ransvaaler he under the dispensation . Globe trotter s by the score have given ' m ore or c o n a less inaccurate pi tures of the Boer the f rm s ’ ! o el a o and the of Cape C lony, but no one has s hown him in the town and i n the o ffi cial ring t h e Boer that is destined fo r a l ong time to loom sl i m l arge i n the public eye at home ; the , n wh o i s arrow, yet interesting, Boer our lord and m aster and the incubus on the p rogress of the T ransvaal .