Natal, Cape of Good Hope: A Grazing, Agricultural, and Cotton-growing Country. Comprising Desriptions of this Well-endowed Colony, from the Year 1575 to the Present Time, by Government Officials and Travellers. With a Map of the Colony, and EngravingsE. Wilson, 1850 - 146 páginas |
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... pead per annum . As customers , there- fore , for our produce and manufactures , every man , woman , and child in your Southern colonies is worth four Canadians , twenty - seven Americans , one hundred Frenchmen , and two hundred Russians ...
... pead per annum . As customers , there- fore , for our produce and manufactures , every man , woman , and child in your Southern colonies is worth four Canadians , twenty - seven Americans , one hundred Frenchmen , and two hundred Russians ...
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... four millions more than at present ? French labourers requir- ing to be fed , caused the revolution there . Take care , or it will do the same here , notwithstanding the inherent loyalty of Englishmen . All Europe has been craving for ...
... four millions more than at present ? French labourers requir- ing to be fed , caused the revolution there . Take care , or it will do the same here , notwithstanding the inherent loyalty of Englishmen . All Europe has been craving for ...
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... four years . Nor is it possible for us to take refuge in the thought that the increase is in petty offences . In no respect is it a light thing for a poor creature to be sent to gaol , whatever the offence . He has broken the laws of ...
... four years . Nor is it possible for us to take refuge in the thought that the increase is in petty offences . In no respect is it a light thing for a poor creature to be sent to gaol , whatever the offence . He has broken the laws of ...
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... four years near 3,000 convictions , being at the rate of one conviction , in that period , for every 60 persons , or every 12 households . " For our own part , we know not whether the spectacle of thousands driven to crime by distress ...
... four years near 3,000 convictions , being at the rate of one conviction , in that period , for every 60 persons , or every 12 households . " For our own part , we know not whether the spectacle of thousands driven to crime by distress ...
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... four or five leagues from the sea , the country is covered entirely with large trees . When this point is in the north - west , three round little hills are seen about it , and one league beyond to the north - east , there is a wood ...
... four or five leagues from the sea , the country is covered entirely with large trees . When this point is in the north - west , three round little hills are seen about it , and one league beyond to the north - east , there is a wood ...
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abundant acres adapted Africa agricultural Algoa Bay Amba appear assagais beans beautiful Bergtheil British Bulala Bushman's River capable Cape Colony Cape Town cattle cent climate coast colonists colony of Natal cows crop D'Urban district ditto division Draakberg Dutch emigrants England English European expense export extent farmers farms feet fertile futy Government Governor grass ground grow grown horses hundred increase Indian corn indigo inhabitants Kafirs kind Klip River labour land Lieut Maize manufactures Mauritius miles month mountains natives obtained oxen Pietermaritzburg plant plough poor population Port Natal portion possession potatoes present prison produce purchase quantity season seed settlement settlers sheep soil sown Stavenisse supply Table Bay Techumey thrive tion tobacco trade trees Tukela Umgani Umlazi Umvoti valuable vegetable vessels waggon wheat whole wild wood Zoola Zoolu Zulu ZULU LANGUAGE
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Página 8 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee. For whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 3 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Página 104 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 3 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Página 105 - While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness in none ; But with a God to guide our way, 'Tis equal joy to go or stay.
Página 105 - All scenes alike engaging prove To souls impressed with sacred Love ! Where'er they dwell, they dwell in Thee ; In heaven, in earth, or on the sea. To me remains nor place nor time ! My country is in every clime ; I can be calm and free from care On any shore, since God is there.
Página 15 - Aspect is altogether graceful. They are nimble People, but very lazy : which probably is for want of Commerce. Their chief employment is Husbandry. They have a great many Bulls and Cows, which they carefully look after ; for every Man knows his own, though they run all promiscuously together in their Savannahs ; yet they have Pens near their own Houses, where they make them gentle and bring them to the Pail. They also plant Corn and fence in their Fields to keep out all Cattle as well tame as wild.
Página 105 - To me remains nor place nor time ; - My country is in every clime ; , . I can be calm, and free from care, On any shore, since God is there.
Página 106 - They procure and give gratuitously information as to the sailing of ships, and means of accommodation for emigrants ; and whenever applied to for that purpose, they see that all agreements between shipowners, agents, or masters, and intending emigrants, are duly performed. They also see that the provisions of the Passengers...
Página 17 - ... submissive to their king or chief; living in communities, in huts made of branches, wrought through with rushes and long grass and roofed like haystacks in Holland. In manners dress, and behaviour, they are much more orderly than the Cape Hottentots. The women attend to cultivation ; the men herd and milk the cows ; they do not eat poultry because these feed on filth; still less do they eat eggs, and it makes them sick to see Europeans eat them.