| There were no mealies whatever, except what was standing in the fields. |
| But this year there were scarcely any mealies, and what there were had been badly spoilt by the enemy. |
| Now, tell Jack he must go back at once, as soon as he has had some mealies. |
| Barrels of mealies or Indian corn, and wheaten flour, besides. |
| We got away with these loads of mealies, but it will be known to-morrow. |
| There were seven patches of bared, cultivated soil, where the new mealies were just showing, making a film of bright green over the rich dark red, and around each patch now drifted up thick clouds of smoke. |
