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... killed “ nine at a blow , " might , if he came to Wynberg , change the boast on his shield by the addition of an 0. But it is an ill wind that blows nobody good , and the house- flies clear the premises of blow - flies and mosquitoes ...
... killed “ nine at a blow , " might , if he came to Wynberg , change the boast on his shield by the addition of an 0. But it is an ill wind that blows nobody good , and the house- flies clear the premises of blow - flies and mosquitoes ...
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... at home even , for in one of the first papers I saw at Maritzburg not a month afterwards , were the names of two of the three among the killed . East London . 25 Until we reached East London the 24 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon .
... at home even , for in one of the first papers I saw at Maritzburg not a month afterwards , were the names of two of the three among the killed . East London . 25 Until we reached East London the 24 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon .
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... kill , and devour , a half - grown chicken . But as he afterwards also informed us that these same cockroaches were the chief ingredient in Worcester sauce , I will not vouch for the accuracy of either statement . The cooking is also ...
... kill , and devour , a half - grown chicken . But as he afterwards also informed us that these same cockroaches were the chief ingredient in Worcester sauce , I will not vouch for the accuracy of either statement . The cooking is also ...
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... killed as they choose . The drivers , instead of mealie meal , are given Boer meal , as a very coarse wheaten flour is called , with which they make damper , or if they can get grease , cook cakes made with it in the frying - pan . They ...
... killed as they choose . The drivers , instead of mealie meal , are given Boer meal , as a very coarse wheaten flour is called , with which they make damper , or if they can get grease , cook cakes made with it in the frying - pan . They ...
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... killed the first snake we had come across - a long black fellow with a white ring round his neck , the Dutch name for which is Ringculse ; but as it has a hood which it inflates when angry , it may probably be a variety of the Cobra di ...
... killed the first snake we had come across - a long black fellow with a white ring round his neck , the Dutch name for which is Ringculse ; but as it has a hood which it inflates when angry , it may probably be a variety of the Cobra di ...
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