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... Basuto land . Chapters XII . to XVIII . describe my visit to Pondo land and Natal . In Chapters XIX . to XXII . I give an account of the threatened rebellion in the Diamond Fields , and the expedition sent to check it . Chapters XXIII ...
... Basuto land . Chapters XII . to XVIII . describe my visit to Pondo land and Natal . In Chapters XIX . to XXII . I give an account of the threatened rebellion in the Diamond Fields , and the expedition sent to check it . Chapters XXIII ...
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... were manumitted . Com- pensation was ordered to be made , but an unfortunate delay took place in the payment of the money , so that the Dutch slave - owners , in despair at no longer having a 3 PREFACE . ix BASUTO LAND.
... were manumitted . Com- pensation was ordered to be made , but an unfortunate delay took place in the payment of the money , so that the Dutch slave - owners , in despair at no longer having a 3 PREFACE . ix BASUTO LAND.
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... BASUTO LAND contains a population of about 150,000 of contented natives , easy to govern . They were reduced to a ... Basutos placed themselves under British protection . 4. NATAL . - Area , 18,700 square miles ; population , 19,000 ...
... BASUTO LAND contains a population of about 150,000 of contented natives , easy to govern . They were reduced to a ... Basutos placed themselves under British protection . 4. NATAL . - Area , 18,700 square miles ; population , 19,000 ...
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... BASUTO LAND .. .. X. BACK TO PORT ELIZABETH XI . FEDERATION AND COLONIAL DEFENCE .. ::: : : : BOOK II . - KAFFERARIA AND NATAL . XII . THE KOMGHA .. XIII . GANGALESWE .. .. XIV . WITCHCRAFT .. XV . UMTHONTHLO XVI . JOJO - GRIQUALAND ...
... BASUTO LAND .. .. X. BACK TO PORT ELIZABETH XI . FEDERATION AND COLONIAL DEFENCE .. ::: : : : BOOK II . - KAFFERARIA AND NATAL . XII . THE KOMGHA .. XIII . GANGALESWE .. .. XIV . WITCHCRAFT .. XV . UMTHONTHLO XVI . JOJO - GRIQUALAND ...
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... Basuto and a munty with was in change of a British Resident Commissioner Śrom the Cape Colony ; and yet no intimation if the mention to arack this chief was male either to the Sommer of the Cape , the Commander of the Forces , or even ...
... Basuto and a munty with was in change of a British Resident Commissioner Śrom the Cape Colony ; and yet no intimation if the mention to arack this chief was male either to the Sommer of the Cape , the Commander of the Forces , or even ...
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