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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... once she had borne him a child he would move with her back to his former home . Owing largely to lack of other suitable foods , children were not weaned until three or four years old , and in the northern tribes babies born while their ...
... once she had borne him a child he would move with her back to his former home . Owing largely to lack of other suitable foods , children were not weaned until three or four years old , and in the northern tribes babies born while their ...
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... once . Cradock protested that he must continue in office for a few days to wind up an accumulation of administrative business . But Somerset was peremptory . After an interview lasting several hours the retiring Governor , " deeply ...
... once . Cradock protested that he must continue in office for a few days to wind up an accumulation of administrative business . But Somerset was peremptory . After an interview lasting several hours the retiring Governor , " deeply ...
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... once despatched a cruiser from Zanzibar to Delagoa Bay and proposed to follow this up with troops to assert a protectorate over the Transvaal . Dissuaded with much difficulty from this desperate venture , he none the less sent a semi ...
... once despatched a cruiser from Zanzibar to Delagoa Bay and proposed to follow this up with troops to assert a protectorate over the Transvaal . Dissuaded with much difficulty from this desperate venture , he none the less sent a semi ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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