The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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... Natural forests are found in favoured localities only - in the small area of abundant and evenly distributed rainfall on the south coast round Knysna , in deep moist river valleys and on mountain sides with strong relief rains . It is a ...
... Natural forests are found in favoured localities only - in the small area of abundant and evenly distributed rainfall on the south coast round Knysna , in deep moist river valleys and on mountain sides with strong relief rains . It is a ...
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... natural hardships and strenuous conditions of Bushman life , relatively few children survived : it was seldom that more than two or three in a family grew to maturity . On reaching the age of puberty , they were ceremonially initiated ...
... natural hardships and strenuous conditions of Bushman life , relatively few children survived : it was seldom that more than two or three in a family grew to maturity . On reaching the age of puberty , they were ceremonially initiated ...
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... naturally adapted for white settlement , for malaria , malignant fevers and sleeping sick- ness carried by the tsetse fly are common . The most healthy stations are situated in the uplands . The natural resources of the Protectorate are ...
... naturally adapted for white settlement , for malaria , malignant fevers and sleeping sick- ness carried by the tsetse fly are common . The most healthy stations are situated in the uplands . The natural resources of the Protectorate are ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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