Up against it in Nigeria . that an amateur was going to achievesuccess. At any rate, I got through a plucking without accident. But the net dividend amassedfrom this venture from start to finish was one egg,excavated from the body of a dead ostrich, whichI converted to my own use, and to the entertain-ment of my friends, in the shape of buttered eggsfor four days ! Time passed uneventfully (God knows it was tobe eventful enough later!) with polo the chiefattraction, and de Putron, who, when he firstcame, could barely sit a horse, an almost first-class exponent of the game. Polo days generallye
Up against it in Nigeria . that an amateur was going to achievesuccess. At any rate, I got through a plucking without accident. But the net dividend amassedfrom this venture from start to finish was one egg,excavated from the body of a dead ostrich, whichI converted to my own use, and to the entertain-ment of my friends, in the shape of buttered eggsfor four days ! Time passed uneventfully (God knows it was tobe eventful enough later!) with polo the chiefattraction, and de Putron, who, when he firstcame, could barely sit a horse, an almost first-class exponent of the game. Polo days generallyended with a little tete-a-tete dinner with Tamsie,whose conversation was as stimulating as hiscuisine. De P. had built a real good house, with fly-proofoffice and mosquito-proof sleeping-room, but wastransferred to Geidam before he could enjoy thebenefits of it, which therefore accrued to me. At the end of July I was posted to Geidam inmy turn to relieve de P. On my way there Istopped at Burgo, and to my great satisfaction. THE OSTRICH FARM.
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