reed-fencing

Updated: May 27, 2025

Then there was Parsons, the printer, who in times of peace produced the Rand Daily Mail; he had also lost a leg and he surprised me with his special knowledge of the various qualities of paper. In the corner of the verandah that had been turned into an extra ward by screening it off with native reed-fencing was Gilfillan, the most perfect patient.

Robert Valentine Dolbey - Sketches of the East Africa Campaign