South Africa, Volume 2Bernard Tauchnitz, 1878 |
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... miles , without a single tree , and almost without a single enclosure . We saw numerous herds of deer , the large blesbok and the smaller springbok , which were near enough to be reached by a rifle . They would stand at about 400 yards ...
... miles , without a single tree , and almost without a single enclosure . We saw numerous herds of deer , the large blesbok and the smaller springbok , which were near enough to be reached by a rifle . They would stand at about 400 yards ...
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... miles long by 60 broad , and yet it is returned as having no other village within its boundaries except the so called town of Heidelberg . But the place has an air of pros- perity about it and contains two or three mercantile firms ...
... miles long by 60 broad , and yet it is returned as having no other village within its boundaries except the so called town of Heidelberg . But the place has an air of pros- perity about it and contains two or three mercantile firms ...
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... miles to the southwest of Pretoria , —was the first capital and is still the bigger town ; but President Pretorius the second thought it well to move the seat of Government more to the centre of the large district which the Republic was ...
... miles to the southwest of Pretoria , —was the first capital and is still the bigger town ; but President Pretorius the second thought it well to move the seat of Government more to the centre of the large district which the Republic was ...
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... miles round . The people of the town are regular attendants ; for the Dutchman is almost always a religious father of a family , thinking much of all such services as were reverenced by his fathers before him . But the real congregation ...
... miles round . The people of the town are regular attendants ; for the Dutchman is almost always a religious father of a family , thinking much of all such services as were reverenced by his fathers before him . But the real congregation ...
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... miles from the town and the journey required that we should take out a tent and food , and that we should sleep in the veld . I was mounted on an excellent horse who was always trying to run away with me . This tired me much , and the ...
... miles from the town and the journey required that we should take out a tent and food , and that we should sleep in the veld . I was mounted on an excellent horse who was always trying to run away with me . This tired me much , and the ...
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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