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18 Sept. Letters from the Cape (1875) 206: I asked the pert, active, cockney housemaid what I ought to pay them. [...] Her scorn was sublime. ‘Them nasty blacks never asks more than their regular charge.’ So I asked the black-lead demon, who demanded ‘two shillings each horse and waggon,’ and a dollar each ‘coolie man’. 19 Apr. Letters from the Cape (1875) 328: I think they must be like the Turks in manner, as they have all the eastern gentlemanly ease and politeness [...] and no idea of Baksheesh; withal frugal, industrious, and moneymaking. Feb. Letters from the Cape (1875) 290: The English drink [...] ‘Cape smoke’ (brandy, like vitriol). 3 May Letters from the Cape (1875) 336: I would have run up Algoa Bay or East London, by sea, and had a glimpse of Caffreland. 19 Apr. Letters from the Cape (1875) 331: I tried to get a real ‘tottie’ or ‘Hotentotje,’ but the people were too drunk to remember. 3 Jan. Letters from the Cape (1875) 255: He [...] insisted on taking him into custody and to the ‘Tronk’ (prison). 9 Feb. Letters from the Cape (1875) 285: Donder and Bliksem! am I a verdomde Schmeerlap?