South Africa, Volume 2Bernard Tauchnitz, 1878 |
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... . I had by no means finished my overland travels in South Africa on reaching Kimberley . I had indeed four or five hundred miles still before me , of which I shall speak as I go on . But I had learned 122 THE TRANSVAAL .
... . I had by no means finished my overland travels in South Africa on reaching Kimberley . I had indeed four or five hundred miles still before me , of which I shall speak as I go on . But I had learned 122 THE TRANSVAAL .
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... Kimberley mine , had been on a farm called Vooruitzuit belonging to a Dutch- man named De Beer . This farm he sold to a firm of Englishmen for the very moderate sum of £ 6,600 , * - -a sum however which to him must have appeared enorm ...
... Kimberley mine , had been on a farm called Vooruitzuit belonging to a Dutch- man named De Beer . This farm he sold to a firm of Englishmen for the very moderate sum of £ 6,600 , * - -a sum however which to him must have appeared enorm ...
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... Kimberley is so peculiar a place , and so likely to shew its feeling of offence against the Government if it be offended , that I fear it will be a very thorn in the side of any possible Cape Colony Prime Min- ister . That Downing ...
... Kimberley is so peculiar a place , and so likely to shew its feeling of offence against the Government if it be offended , that I fear it will be a very thorn in the side of any possible Cape Colony Prime Min- ister . That Downing ...
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... Kimberley . There is nothing peculiar about Barkly as a South African town , except that it is already half de- serted . There may be perhaps a score of houses there most of which are much better built than those at Kim- berley . They ...
... Kimberley . There is nothing peculiar about Barkly as a South African town , except that it is already half de- serted . There may be perhaps a score of houses there most of which are much better built than those at Kim- berley . They ...
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... Kimberley , which is twenty - four miles distant , is as ugly as flatness , barren- ness and sand together can make the face of the earth . The commencement of diamond - digging as a settled industry was in 1872. It was then that dry ...
... Kimberley , which is twenty - four miles distant , is as ugly as flatness , barren- ness and sand together can make the face of the earth . The commencement of diamond - digging as a settled industry was in 1872. It was then that dry ...
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Adam Kok altogether annexation Baralongs Basutos Bechuanas become Bloemfontein Boer's Britain British brought Bultfontein Burgers called Cape Colony capital carried cattle certainly Chief claim Colonial Office coloured comfort copper Delagoa Bay Diamond Fields diggers district doubt Dutch Boer Dutchman duty endeavoured England English Englishman European farm farmers feel fighting Fingos Galekas gold Government Governor Griqualand West Griquas hands horses Hottentot Kafir Kafraria Kimberley Kreli labour land live look matter miles Moshesh Natal nation Natives never once Orange Free Orange River paid peculiarly perhaps population possession President Pretoria probably question railway Republic road schools Secretary seems settled Sir Theophilus South Africa South African Republic stones territory Thaba Ncho Theophilus Shepstone thing tion told town Transvaal travelled treaty tribe Vaal river Volksraad vote wages Waterboer Zulus