The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South AfricaWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1881 - 323 páginas |
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... Land - sharks - Professional mine - salters - Artistic swindling - The reason why - Agriculture - A happy home - Princely profits -What we can grow - Statistical - Stock - farming - Profit and loss — A shanıeful gold - swindle - Our ...
... Land - sharks - Professional mine - salters - Artistic swindling - The reason why - Agriculture - A happy home - Princely profits -What we can grow - Statistical - Stock - farming - Profit and loss — A shanıeful gold - swindle - Our ...
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... lands subject to the authority of other states , they would have again become foreign subjects , and could no longer have been compelled to own an allegiance to Eng- land . But the lands to which the Boers retired did not happen to ...
... lands subject to the authority of other states , they would have again become foreign subjects , and could no longer have been compelled to own an allegiance to Eng- land . But the lands to which the Boers retired did not happen to ...
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... land was no man's land . Nor can it be asserted that eir irruption into the Transvaal destroyed any settled vernment , or effected any injustice . It is , on the other nd , admitted that their march towards the Orange River , d beyond ...
... land was no man's land . Nor can it be asserted that eir irruption into the Transvaal destroyed any settled vernment , or effected any injustice . It is , on the other nd , admitted that their march towards the Orange River , d beyond ...
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... nearly all South- Eastern Africa , from the Limpopo to Kaffraria , including the territories now known as Natal , Basuto Land , a large portion of the Orange Free CHAKA . 5 e , and the Transvaal . It 4 HISTORY OF THE BOERS .
... nearly all South- Eastern Africa , from the Limpopo to Kaffraria , including the territories now known as Natal , Basuto Land , a large portion of the Orange Free CHAKA . 5 e , and the Transvaal . It 4 HISTORY OF THE BOERS .
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... land itself , and nearly entirely destroyed Dingaan's power in two expeditions ; in the latter of which they were assisted by Panda , a revolted brother of the great Zulu warrior with whom they were contending . Then , and not till then ...
... land itself , and nearly entirely destroyed Dingaan's power in two expeditions ; in the latter of which they were assisted by Panda , a revolted brother of the great Zulu warrior with whom they were contending . Then , and not till then ...
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The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1878 |
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