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... existence . They said they were badly protected as against the aborigines of the country - a set of thieving savages , whose conduct on the frontier in 1878 seems to differ very little from what they were guilty of in 1834. The Boers ...
... existence . They said they were badly protected as against the aborigines of the country - a set of thieving savages , whose conduct on the frontier in 1878 seems to differ very little from what they were guilty of in 1834. The Boers ...
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... existence of the state of things that led to this move- ment . The Origstadt valley , with its pretty town , was deserted because , and only because , of its fatal fevers ; and the wheat - growing farms of the northern portions of Lyden ...
... existence of the state of things that led to this move- ment . The Origstadt valley , with its pretty town , was deserted because , and only because , of its fatal fevers ; and the wheat - growing farms of the northern portions of Lyden ...
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... existence on the scene of their former boastfulness and folly . They never had a " gold - field ; " and I emphatically warn every person who may read this book , to avoid Pilgrim's Rest , Peach - tree Rush , Plum - tree Creek , Macmac ...
... existence on the scene of their former boastfulness and folly . They never had a " gold - field ; " and I emphatically warn every person who may read this book , to avoid Pilgrim's Rest , Peach - tree Rush , Plum - tree Creek , Macmac ...
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... existence of springs on each " plaats " ( farm ) . This information he of course com- municated to the water - finder , whose seemingly accurate knowledge procured him at once the respect and confidence of the Boer . After a ...
... existence of springs on each " plaats " ( farm ) . This information he of course com- municated to the water - finder , whose seemingly accurate knowledge procured him at once the respect and confidence of the Boer . After a ...
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... existence of accurate statistics , either of production or population , in the African republics . Had he made further investigation he would have found that a yearly census is taken by the " field - cor- nets , " from which can be ...
... existence of accurate statistics , either of production or population , in the African republics . Had he made further investigation he would have found that a yearly census is taken by the " field - cor- nets , " from which can be ...
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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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amongst annexation Anthony Trollope armed attack authority Basutos Boers British Government Burgers bush Cape Colony Captain Clarke cattle chief civilisation cloth colonists command corps course Crown 8vo danger Delagoa Bay Diamond Fields district Drakensberg Dutch Eckersley emigrant farmers enemy England English European fact farms Fcap fever fight fire force Gold Fields Gunn hand honour horses Illustrations inhabitants Kafirland Kafirs Kloof kraal Kruger's Post land Landdrost living Lord Carnarvon Lydenberg Volunteer Majesty's Government ment miles mountain Natal native neighbouring never Oliphants Orange River Government Origstadt party peace persons Pilgrim's Rest position Post 8vo Pretoria proclamation reason Republic rocks Schlieckmann Scotland Secocoeni shot Sir Theophilus Shepstone South Africa South African Republic Special Commissioner Steelport territory tion Transvaal tribes Trollope troops utterly Vaal River valley village Volksraad vols waggon Weeber whilst Zulus
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