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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continue the supply of rations , to take receipts for them and to allow the amounts to stand as mortgage on the buildings and lands which would belong to the settlers after three years ' residence upon them . The total expenditure or ...
continue the supply of rations , to take receipts for them and to allow the amounts to stand as mortgage on the buildings and lands which would belong to the settlers after three years ' residence upon them . The total expenditure or ...
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Those settlers who felt they could better themselves elsewhere abandoned their places and went to Grahamstown and other towns . In May 1823 , of the 1004 males who arrived in 1820 , only 438 remained on the locations ; of Bailie's party ...
Those settlers who felt they could better themselves elsewhere abandoned their places and went to Grahamstown and other towns . In May 1823 , of the 1004 males who arrived in 1820 , only 438 remained on the locations ; of Bailie's party ...
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Meanwhile the settlers had discovered unexpected fields of enterprise which only needed courage and determination for their development . The first real opportunity appeared in the trade in ivory . The thick and extensive Fish River ...
Meanwhile the settlers had discovered unexpected fields of enterprise which only needed courage and determination for their development . The first real opportunity appeared in the trade in ivory . The thick and extensive Fish River ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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