Show HOW THE DOERS BOERS PASSED THE TIME BETWEEN BATTLES A f 1 to ft I jL c r That th the Doers are above aboe all agricultural and pastoral rather than corn com comme me lall le shown b by the manner In which they passed the time when no tight WU was Oil on Their nature then came caine out strong tron and also their faith In ulti ultimate mate victory for instead of wasting IUn theIr time In idleness lb they tilled the tall BOil having In view Ie the possibility ot of a long siege Iele and lId the eventual ot of pro provisions visions This tact fact was waa emphasised In the ot of General opera operations lIona In northern Natal where when after dislodging the from the section whIch tb they hd had occupied several months It was found that they Uley had ac actually plowed the farms Carm they had taken and put In extensive crops which by bya a miscarriage of theIr plans served to teed feed their enemies It reports from the front may Itla lit be believed the nor Boer leader had great gnat difficulty In restraining their men from leaving the th army and nd taking a short respite on their fames which were suffering from their continued The agricultural Instinct In them I is stronger than any ny other except that of f free freedom dom dam And In tact fact the two to go together for It was wa to obtain both freedom and ur acreage tnt that the made their great Iret trek from th the English territory r In Int l tle t then regions of the Oran Orange Free State and nd the MeeM UI 41 M coming or of Use British troops troop were wert some of at them one once In t the t e or of r r settlers ot of that same colony |