Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South AfricaG. Routledge & Company, 1858 - 327 páginas |
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... yards astern steadily following in our wake , we procured two joints of a lightning - conductor ( that had lain in the hold since our leaving England , and which was intended to protect the ship from the fluid that makes so excellent a ...
... yards astern steadily following in our wake , we procured two joints of a lightning - conductor ( that had lain in the hold since our leaving England , and which was intended to protect the ship from the fluid that makes so excellent a ...
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... the Debe flats a force consisting of upwards of two hundred men , the cattle were inclosed nightly in a kraal , formed of bushes and trees cut down , and inclosing a space of some A KAFFIR CATTLE - STEALER . 21 forty yards in.
... the Debe flats a force consisting of upwards of two hundred men , the cattle were inclosed nightly in a kraal , formed of bushes and trees cut down , and inclosing a space of some A KAFFIR CATTLE - STEALER . 21 forty yards in.
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... yards from him , when he called out in Kaffir that he was going to shoot . The black object jumped on its feet , whirling an assagy , but only in time to receive a heavy charge of buckshot in the breast , followed up by a bullet , which ...
... yards from him , when he called out in Kaffir that he was going to shoot . The black object jumped on its feet , whirling an assagy , but only in time to receive a heavy charge of buckshot in the breast , followed up by a bullet , which ...
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... yards , sending all his bullets within a few inches , and at last knocked the neck off . He sat down on the ground , and aimed by resting his left hand on the ramrod , which he stuck in the ground for a support ; this sort of shooting ...
... yards , sending all his bullets within a few inches , and at last knocked the neck off . He sat down on the ground , and aimed by resting his left hand on the ramrod , which he stuck in the ground for a support ; this sort of shooting ...
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... yards ' distance , while some experts can throw them a hundred yards . An assagy may be dodged when it comes singly , and is seen , but a Kaffir prefers throwing it when your back is turned , and generally sends a shower of them ...
... yards ' distance , while some experts can throw them a hundred yards . An assagy may be dodged when it comes singly , and is seen , but a Kaffir prefers throwing it when your back is turned , and generally sends a shower of them ...
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