Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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Page 63
... Kafir servants . The few dorps that lay on the line of march Hartley purposed avoid- ing as much as possible , relying upon the isolated Kafir trad- ing - stores , kept by enterprising Europeans , mostly Russian Jews , for the ...
... Kafir servants . The few dorps that lay on the line of march Hartley purposed avoid- ing as much as possible , relying upon the isolated Kafir trad- ing - stores , kept by enterprising Europeans , mostly Russian Jews , for the ...
Page 65
... Kafir , was of the party , and his réper- toire of gruesome stories of dire conflicts between man and beast was extensive . For a native whose best years had been spent on a mission - station in one of the most civilised parts of Cape ...
... Kafir , was of the party , and his réper- toire of gruesome stories of dire conflicts between man and beast was extensive . For a native whose best years had been spent on a mission - station in one of the most civilised parts of Cape ...
Page 70
... Kafirs back to make such purchases as were necessary , and took advantage of the dying moon to work a trek that put twenty miles between him and the repre- sentatives of Pretoria . The country had again be- come uniformly wild and diffi ...
... Kafirs back to make such purchases as were necessary , and took advantage of the dying moon to work a trek that put twenty miles between him and the repre- sentatives of Pretoria . The country had again be- come uniformly wild and diffi ...
Page 71
... Kafir had possessed a larger share of the virtue of gratitude than is usu- ally accredited to his race , for he had carved on the trunk of the tree in large rude letters this simple tribute to his dead master- GOOD BAAS . The district ...
... Kafir had possessed a larger share of the virtue of gratitude than is usu- ally accredited to his race , for he had carved on the trunk of the tree in large rude letters this simple tribute to his dead master- GOOD BAAS . The district ...
Page 71
... Kafirs back to make such purchases as were necessary , and took advantage of the dying moon to work a trek that put twenty miles between him and the repre- sentatives of Pretoria . The country had again be- come uniformly wild and diffi ...
... Kafirs back to make such purchases as were necessary , and took advantage of the dying moon to work a trek that put twenty miles between him and the repre- sentatives of Pretoria . The country had again be- come uniformly wild and diffi ...
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