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| Título | Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts |
| Autor | Alfred Wilks Drayson |
| Editor | G. Routledge & Company, 1858 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 15 Mayo 2007 |
| Largo | 327 páginas |
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