South Africa, Volume 1Bernard Tauchnitz, 1878 |
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... horses . Some cattle were seized , and others were voluntarily sur- rendered , but the result was that in December a large body of Kafirs invaded the European lands , and massacred the farmers to their hearts ' content . They overran ...
... horses . Some cattle were seized , and others were voluntarily sur- rendered , but the result was that in December a large body of Kafirs invaded the European lands , and massacred the farmers to their hearts ' content . They overran ...
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... horses are kept at Rathfelders . But I did not find that very many had crossed the pass . I should say that in the neighbourhood of Wynberg there are various hotels and boarding houses so that accommodation may always be had . The best ...
... horses are kept at Rathfelders . But I did not find that very many had crossed the pass . I should say that in the neighbourhood of Wynberg there are various hotels and boarding houses so that accommodation may always be had . The best ...
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... horses , -which was intended to take us as far as George , a distance of 30 miles . We went through a country teeming with ostriches . Ostrich - farming on a great scale I will describe further on . Here the work was carried on in a ...
... horses , -which was intended to take us as far as George , a distance of 30 miles . We went through a country teeming with ostriches . Ostrich - farming on a great scale I will describe further on . Here the work was carried on in a ...
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... horses in the place had done , each of them , an extra hard day's work that day ; but , so great a thing is it to be a Resident Magistrate , that in spite of this difficulty two horses were promised us ! But they had to be caught . So ...
... horses in the place had done , each of them , an extra hard day's work that day ; but , so great a thing is it to be a Resident Magistrate , that in spite of this difficulty two horses were promised us ! But they had to be caught . So ...
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... horses . I know so well the way in which a poor weary brute may be spirited up for five minutes ; not , alas , without the lash . A spur to a tired horse is like brandy to a worn - out man . It will add no strength , but it will enable ...
... horses . I know so well the way in which a poor weary brute may be spirited up for five minutes ; not , alas , without the lash . A spur to a tired horse is like brandy to a worn - out man . It will add no strength , but it will enable ...
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altogether assegai become brandy British Kafraria called Cango Caves Cape cart Cape Colony Capetown capital carried certainly Chief church coast Colonists Colony of Natal coloured comfort Confederation Coolie course Diamond Fields Dingaan district doubt Durban Dutch Dutchman East London Eastern Province Elizabeth England English European farm farmer feeling gentleman Government Governor Grahamstown heard horses Hottentot inhabitants journey Kafir Knysna Kreli labour land Langalibalele live look Lovedale mail cart matter miles Minister mountains Natal native never Orange Free ostrich Paarl Parliament parliamentary passed perhaps Pieter Maritzburg population Port Port Alfred probably races railway reader river road rule Savage scenery seemed seen sent slaves soldiers South Africa speak sugar Swellendam taken things tion told town Transvaal traveller tribe Umkululi wages wool young Zealand Zulu