The Story of My Mission in South-Eastern Africa: Comprising Some Account of the European Colonists; With Extended Notices of the Kaffir and Other Native Tribes; Illustrated with a Map and Engravings (Classic Reprint)

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From the large list of applicants, the authorities of the Colonial Ofiiee made a selection, and ultimately a population of about four thousand were conveyed, in twenty-six vessels, to Algoa Bay. The general arrange ment adopted by the Government was to send the settlers in parties of ten, twenty, fifty, or one hundred families, each party being under a head, or representa tive, who transacted its business with the Government both in England and the Colony; and the people com prising these several parties were located in distinct settlements.

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