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... give the answer - in fact , the story that I tell answers it . - I have written solely in the interest of truth . I have sought to epitomise — for the benefit of politicians , sportsmen , travellers , and intending emigrants — the ...
... give the answer - in fact , the story that I tell answers it . - I have written solely in the interest of truth . I have sought to epitomise — for the benefit of politicians , sportsmen , travellers , and intending emigrants — the ...
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... give ready obedience to the rule of the English governors of the Cape Colony . Once more , however , for a short period the poor persecuted people were destined to be free . The commander of the English forces in Natal , Captain Jervis ...
... give ready obedience to the rule of the English governors of the Cape Colony . Once more , however , for a short period the poor persecuted people were destined to be free . The commander of the English forces in Natal , Captain Jervis ...
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... give their services to the farmers for a reasonable sum ; that they should be restricted from wandering about the country ; and that no guns or ammunition were permitted to be in their possession or bartered to them . Potgieter and his ...
... give their services to the farmers for a reasonable sum ; that they should be restricted from wandering about the country ; and that no guns or ammunition were permitted to be in their possession or bartered to them . Potgieter and his ...
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... give allegiance to the British authorities . A Mr Menzies issued a proclama- tion declaring that , in the name of her Majesty , he claimed what may be briefly described as " all South Africa . " Who was Mr Menzies ? He was a Judge of ...
... give allegiance to the British authorities . A Mr Menzies issued a proclama- tion declaring that , in the name of her Majesty , he claimed what may be briefly described as " all South Africa . " Who was Mr Menzies ? He was a Judge of ...
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... gives an instance of this , as seen by him at Victoria West , which was then , and still is , as much a piece of Boerland as if situated north of the Vaal River . He mentions that the Rev. Mr Leibrandt , whom he calls " the respected ...
... gives an instance of this , as seen by him at Victoria West , which was then , and still is , as much a piece of Boerland as if situated north of the Vaal River . He mentions that the Rev. Mr Leibrandt , whom he calls " the respected ...
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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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