CHAPTER XIII.

OUR NEIGHBOURS.

Hospitality of Cape colonists--Cheating and jealousy in business --Comfortless homes--Spoilt children--Education--The "Schoolmaster" --Convent schools--A priest-ridden nation--The _Nachtmaal_-- Old French names--A South African duke in Paris--Fine-looking men--Fat women--Ignorance of _Vrouws_--Boers unfriendly to English--A mean man 266