The cane-fields of the one-time Plantation Vrymen's Erven extended from the canal edge far towards the east, and Savannah Road was a mere dam. In fact, even to-day many still refer to it as the Backdam. In my boyhood days, it was always called the Backdam.

and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion,

Jack Dakasian always commenced class with “good morning.” “Good morning Mr. Dakasian,” the class all responded at once.

[…] as if Nature denied her consolation to man, the desecrater of the forest temples she reared for his protection […]