{"product_id":"2940013313651","title":"Six Months At The Cape","description":"LETTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDear Periwinkle,--Since that memorable, not to say miserable, day, when\u003cbr\u003eyou and I parted at Saint Katherine's Docks, [see note 1], with the rain\u003cbr\u003estreaming from our respective noses--rendering tears superfluous, if not\u003cbr\u003eimpossible--and the noise of preparation for departure damaging the\u003cbr\u003efervour of our \"farewell\"--since that day, I have ploughed with my\u003cbr\u003e\"adventurous keel\" upwards of six thousand miles of the \"main,\" and now\u003cbr\u003ewrite to you from the wild Karroo of Southern Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Karroo is not an animal.  It is a spot--at present a lovely spot.  I\u003cbr\u003eam surrounded by--by nature and all her southern abundance.  Mimosa\u003cbr\u003etrees, prickly pears, and aloes remind me that I am not in England.\u003cbr\u003eOstriches, stalking on the plains, tell that I am in Africa.  It is not\u003cbr\u003emuch above thirty years since the last lion was shot in this region,\u003cbr\u003e[see note 2], and the kloofs, or gorges, of the blue mountains that\u003cbr\u003ebound the horizon are, at the present hour, full of \"Cape-tigers,\" wild\u003cbr\u003edeer of different sorts, baboons, monkeys, and--but hold!  I must not\u003cbr\u003eforestall.  Let me begin at the beginning.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082662691056,"sku":"2940013313651","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013313651_p0.jpg?v=1763590898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013313651","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}