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Natal: The Land and Its Story: A Geography and History, with Maps Robert Russell No preview available - 2016 |
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Alfred County Amahlubi Amajuba Andries Pretorius annexed arrived assegais attacked Basutos Berg Bluff boers border British Buffalo bush Bushman River camp Cape Colony Capetown Captain Smith cattle Cetywayo Chaka chief Cloete coast Colonel colonists command Company crossed death Delagoa Bay diamond Dingaan Dingiswayo district Drakensberg Durban Dutch farmers Dutchmen east emigrants England English Government Englishmen European farms feet force Governor hills Hottentots India inland Isandhlwana kafirs Klip River kraals laager land Langalibalele Legislative Council lived Maritz Maritzburg miles Moshesh mountain mounted Natal natives Orange Free Orange River Panda peace Pietermaritzburg Port possession railway regiments Republic Retief road sailors sand sent settlement settlers Sir George Sir Theophilus Shepstone soldiers South Africa Spruit Stavenisse territory Theophilus Shepstone took town trade Transvaal tribes troops Tugela Umfolosi Umgeni Umgungundhlovu Umkomaas Umvoti Umzimkulu Vaal valley village Volksraad wagons wayo Weenen Zulu Zululand
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Page 12 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Page 255 - For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, But westward, look, the land is bright.
Page 173 - That there should not be, in the eye of the law, any distinction or disqualification whatever, founded on mere distinction of colour, origin, language, or creed ; but that the protection of the law, in letter and in substance, should be extended impartially to all alike.
Page 7 - For tho' the Giant Ages heave the hill And break the shore, and evermore Make and break, and work their will; Tho' world on world in myriad myriads roll Round us, each with different powers, And other forms of life than ours, What know we greater than the soul ? On God and Godlike men we build our trust.
Page 142 - Retief, and his countrymen the place called Port Natal, together with all the land annexed, that is to say, from the Tugela to the Umzimvubu river westward; and from the sea to the north, as far as the land may be useful and in my possession.
Page 165 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo...
Page 62 - Umqikela, for breach of treaty arrangements, ceased to be recognised aa paramount chief of the Pondos, and the sovereignty of the port and estuary of St. John's River was vested in Her Majesty's Government. A Resident was appointed to represent the Government with Umqikela, who remained Chief of East Pondoland.
Page 113 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Page 12 - Yet even here, But for one hour, O Love, I strive To keep so sweet a thing alive:" But I should turn mine ears and hear • The meanings of the homeless sea, The sound of streams that swift or slow Draw down Ionian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; And Love would answer with a sigh, "The sound of that forgetful shore Will change my sweetness more and more, Half-dead to know that I shall die.
Page 173 - That no aggression shall be sanctioned upon the natives residing beyond the limits of the colony, under any plea whatever, by any private person or any body of men, unless acting under the immediate authority and orders of the Government. " 3rd. That slavery in any shape, or under any modification, is absolutely unlawful, as in every other portion of Her Majesty's dominions.