What I Saw in Kaffir-landW. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - 211 páginas |
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... of suffering from a deadly climate , and great despondency as to the pros- pects of converting the heathen- in fact , he seemed on the point of leaving his flock in this world without the prospect of meeting even one of his.
... of suffering from a deadly climate , and great despondency as to the pros- pects of converting the heathen- in fact , he seemed on the point of leaving his flock in this world without the prospect of meeting even one of his.
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... leave the Kaffirs alone , I could not feel much surprised that stupid people , to whom I was unknown , should be much more practical in their method of enforcing the same opinion upon me . And truly my position seemed a riddle in more ...
... leave the Kaffirs alone , I could not feel much surprised that stupid people , to whom I was unknown , should be much more practical in their method of enforcing the same opinion upon me . And truly my position seemed a riddle in more ...
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... leave the grog - shops , I started very early in the morning , before the inhabitants had got up - for I was loath to show our , as yet , disorganised state . I waited until fairly on the march before bringing a tighter hand to bear ...
... leave the grog - shops , I started very early in the morning , before the inhabitants had got up - for I was loath to show our , as yet , disorganised state . I waited until fairly on the march before bringing a tighter hand to bear ...
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... leaving , however , several of their bodies on the ground . So the Minie rifle did in one minute what six guns and rocket - tubes had been attempting for the last quarter of an hour . In the course of five minutes ' firing not a Kaffir ...
... leaving , however , several of their bodies on the ground . So the Minie rifle did in one minute what six guns and rocket - tubes had been attempting for the last quarter of an hour . In the course of five minutes ' firing not a Kaffir ...
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... leave of their own accord that part of the country . The General , however , pooh - poohed my reasoning , and shortly afterwards marched out with all his forces , composed of the 60th Rifles , the 74th , the 91st , a battery of ...
... leave of their own accord that part of the country . The General , however , pooh - poohed my reasoning , and shortly afterwards marched out with all his forces , composed of the 60th Rifles , the 74th , the 91st , a battery of ...
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