The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South AfricaWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1881 - 323 páginas |
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... enemy . Under the English , however , myriads of Kafirs were permitted to flock into Natal ; and the country by 1848 showed visible symptoms . of becoming what it now is a colony under European gov- ernment , but in which all the ...
... enemy . Under the English , however , myriads of Kafirs were permitted to flock into Natal ; and the country by 1848 showed visible symptoms . of becoming what it now is a colony under European gov- ernment , but in which all the ...
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... enemies the Kafirs , during the earlier days of their independence , I come now to the men themselves , and their habits and cus- toms as I found them . One indelible feature has by their long and continuous wanderings been impressed ...
... enemies the Kafirs , during the earlier days of their independence , I come now to the men themselves , and their habits and cus- toms as I found them . One indelible feature has by their long and continuous wanderings been impressed ...
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... enemies , having saved a remnant of his stock and his family from fever , thirst , war , and the desert , at length found a spot whereon he could make his home . He had to commence almost like another Adam . Yet in twenty - five years ...
... enemies , having saved a remnant of his stock and his family from fever , thirst , war , and the desert , at length found a spot whereon he could make his home . He had to commence almost like another Adam . Yet in twenty - five years ...
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... enemies , can be proved to be eminently progressive . I have never known any other people whose children , of themselves , so earnestly sought for and so con- stantly desired to be placed within reach of modern culture . I have known ...
... enemies , can be proved to be eminently progressive . I have never known any other people whose children , of themselves , so earnestly sought for and so con- stantly desired to be placed within reach of modern culture . I have known ...
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... enemy , or to protect their stock from wild beasts and prowl- ing thieves . This habit , so easily accounted for , is abhorrent to the untravelled European , who , not finding in his own experience anything to justify such a departure ...
... enemy , or to protect their stock from wild beasts and prowl- ing thieves . This habit , so easily accounted for , is abhorrent to the untravelled European , who , not finding in his own experience anything to justify such a departure ...
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The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1878 |
The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1878 |
The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1878 |
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