Springbok in Sunshine

8vo; original dark green cloth, lettered in silver gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. 160; plates. Cloth a little mottled; scattered light foxing throughout; earlier owner's name and address verso of front free endpaper. Good condition. Experiences in rural South Africa. 'To own a "place" in Britain you need to be wealthy. But in South Africa a place is possible for almost anyone. They speak there of "Coetzee's place", or "Nel's place", or "Smith's place"; only they pronounce it "plek", and they mean a farm or a plantation. Looking forward to the coming of peace, the South African Government has already expressed itself eager to welcome settlers, and to help them with grants of land, loans, and advice. Naturally, they think first of their own returning service men, but they will also welcome others of the Empire. There is space in the vastness of South Africa for so many.'.