Natal, Cape of Good Hope: A Grazing, Agricultural and Cotton-growing Country. Comprising Descriptions F this Well Endowed Colony from the Year 1575 to the Present Time. With a Map of the Colony, and Engravings. With an Appendix and a Vocabulary Fo the Natal Or Zulu LanguageWilson, 1850 - 146 páginas |
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... waggons go from D'Urban to Petermaritzburg in two days . On horse - back it is commonly ridden in one day on the same horse . The country occupies about 35,000,000 acres . It now contains about 8000 white inhabitants , and 100,000 ...
... waggons go from D'Urban to Petermaritzburg in two days . On horse - back it is commonly ridden in one day on the same horse . The country occupies about 35,000,000 acres . It now contains about 8000 white inhabitants , and 100,000 ...
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... waggon was drawn to the side of the bush , and the oxen dismissed to roam at their leisure . The grass is so good that they generally fill themselves , and then come and lie down by the waggons . 66 5th . - Crossed the Umhlote , ( a ...
... waggon was drawn to the side of the bush , and the oxen dismissed to roam at their leisure . The grass is so good that they generally fill themselves , and then come and lie down by the waggons . 66 5th . - Crossed the Umhlote , ( a ...
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... waggons and a cart , and reached its base in an hour and a half . Some parts of the descent were so steep that we were compelled to chain two wheels ; but upon the whole the road is not very difficult . From the foot of the moun- tains ...
... waggons and a cart , and reached its base in an hour and a half . Some parts of the descent were so steep that we were compelled to chain two wheels ; but upon the whole the road is not very difficult . From the foot of the moun- tains ...
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... waggon - making , & c . , is everywhere to be had . The country is hilly , but it is quite open , the wood only growing along the margin of the rivers , and in the kloofs . Near Port Natal , for fifteen miles from the shore , it has ...
... waggon - making , & c . , is everywhere to be had . The country is hilly , but it is quite open , the wood only growing along the margin of the rivers , and in the kloofs . Near Port Natal , for fifteen miles from the shore , it has ...
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... waggon in the greatest part of the country without any labor in preparing the way , and a small amount of labor would make the roads good . 66 ' Natives || are numerous , and one has no difficulty in getting them into his * In my visit ...
... waggon in the greatest part of the country without any labor in preparing the way , and a small amount of labor would make the roads good . 66 ' Natives || are numerous , and one has no difficulty in getting them into his * In my visit ...
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