Boer

During the Boer War, Canadians flocked to the colours to defend the British Empire.

On one occasion Moffat halted at a farm belonging to a Boer, a man of wealth and importance, who had many slaves.

With a start, and a look as though the man might have dropped from the clouds, the worthy Boer exclaimed, "Are you Africaner?"

It seems almost incredible, but it is true that all such mishaps were attributed to Boer treachery.

This first was the Boer hospital, and even at this early hour the air was pungent with the reek of strong tobacco.

Then another shot cracked—from our side this time; the treacherous Boer, I was told, fell dead, and the action was over.