South Africa, Volume 1Bernard Tauchnitz, 1878 |
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... wool began to prevail . Merino sheep were introduced , and wool became the most important produc- tion of the colony . During the whole of this period the practice was con- 40 SOUTH AFRICA .
... wool began to prevail . Merino sheep were introduced , and wool became the most important produc- tion of the colony . During the whole of this period the practice was con- 40 SOUTH AFRICA .
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... wool , which seemed to have been shorn in a very rough manner , -cut off in locks after a fashion which would have broken the heart of an Australian Squatter , wool chopped as you would chop a salad , -was first put South Africa . I. 7 ...
... wool , which seemed to have been shorn in a very rough manner , -cut off in locks after a fashion which would have broken the heart of an Australian Squatter , wool chopped as you would chop a salad , -was first put South Africa . I. 7 ...
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... wool is then squeezed and laid out on drying grounds to dry . The most interesting part of the affair was the fact that these coloured men were earning 4s . 6d . a day wages each . Some distance further on the next day we came on two ...
... wool is then squeezed and laid out on drying grounds to dry . The most interesting part of the affair was the fact that these coloured men were earning 4s . 6d . a day wages each . Some distance further on the next day we came on two ...
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... wool . I could not but hope as I saw the huge birds stalking about with pompous air , which as you approached them they would . now and again change for a flirting gait , looking back over their shoulders as they skipped along with ...
... wool . I could not but hope as I saw the huge birds stalking about with pompous air , which as you approached them they would . now and again change for a flirting gait , looking back over their shoulders as they skipped along with ...
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... that I envied him his oaks , and his mountains , and his old wine , and the remaining oranges . We visited also a wool - washing establishment which had just been set up with new fashioned machinery , THE CAPE COLONY . 121.
... that I envied him his oaks , and his mountains , and his old wine , and the remaining oranges . We visited also a wool - washing establishment which had just been set up with new fashioned machinery , THE CAPE COLONY . 121.
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acres Algoa Bay altogether annexed become brandy British Kafraria called Cape cart Cape Colony Capetown capital carried certainly Chief church coast Colonists Colony of Natal coloured comfort course Diamond Fields Dingaan district doubt Durban Dutch Dutchman East London Eastern Province Elizabeth England English European farm farmer feathers feeling Fort Beaufort gentleman Government Governor Grahamstown Healdtown heard horses Hottentot inhabitants journey Kafir King Williamstown Kreli labour land Langalibalele live look Lovedale matter ment miles Minister mountains Natal native nature never Orange Free ostrich Paarl parliamentary passed perhaps Pieter Maritzburg population Port Alfred probably races railway river road Savage scenery seemed seen sent sheep soldiers South Africa speak sugar Swellendam taken thing tion told town Transvaal traveller tribe troops Umkululi wages wool young Zealand Zulu