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... moved my quarters to Wynberg , some six miles out of the town , and with train communication every hour of the day . There were three hotels at Wynberg , two close to the station , which was full when I was there , and another two miles ...
... moved my quarters to Wynberg , some six miles out of the town , and with train communication every hour of the day . There were three hotels at Wynberg , two close to the station , which was full when I was there , and another two miles ...
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... move as soon as possible . The " Melrose " was leaving on the 23rd . I secured my passage in her , and telegraphed A. to meet me on board at Port Elizabeth . Her ad- vertised time for sailing was one in the afternoon , but it was past ...
... move as soon as possible . The " Melrose " was leaving on the 23rd . I secured my passage in her , and telegraphed A. to meet me on board at Port Elizabeth . Her ad- vertised time for sailing was one in the afternoon , but it was past ...
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... so as to give us a little more breathing and moving room . Our waggon was eighteen feet from end to end , and four feet six inches broad , fitted The Waggon - home . 51 fore and aft with 50 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon .
... so as to give us a little more breathing and moving room . Our waggon was eighteen feet from end to end , and four feet six inches broad , fitted The Waggon - home . 51 fore and aft with 50 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon .
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... move when called upon . However , in our present case , nothing was of any avail ; the waggon still remained immovable , until the other span from our waggon was brought up and fastened on in front , when at the first crack of the whips ...
... move when called upon . However , in our present case , nothing was of any avail ; the waggon still remained immovable , until the other span from our waggon was brought up and fastened on in front , when at the first crack of the whips ...
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... move away when it hears footsteps , but just remains where it is to be trodden on , and then , roused from its torpor , springs backwards and inflicts its bite . To give an idea of the beast's strength of body , I sawa Dutchman with his ...
... move away when it hears footsteps , but just remains where it is to be trodden on , and then , roused from its torpor , springs backwards and inflicts its bite . To give an idea of the beast's strength of body , I sawa Dutchman with his ...
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