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Afrikaans anyway arms asked barking Basuto Basuto war bayonet began biltong Boers Buller Cape cart Cape Town colonel coming Commandant Venter commando corporal dark door English excited eyes face farm farmhouse father feel feet fight fire frogs front grass hand head hear heard High Dutch hill horse inside James Japie felt Japie looked Japie saw Japie thought Japie van Niekerk Japie's kaffir Khakis kicked kill knew kopje laughed legs Lieutenant Harris little Gert Martha moved never loyal officer ostriches Perhaps pulled pushed rain realised remembered rock round Sannie Sannie's Schalk van Jaarsveld scorpion seemed shoot shot shoulder shouted side sitting sjambok smell smiled soldier sort Sotho sound Spion Kop Springkaan standing stomach stone stood stopped suddenly talk tell thing thought Japie told trousers trying turned Veldkornet Kritzinger voice waiting walked wall whispered words worry wounded