The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... less foreign to the white man than America or Australia . Cattle and sheep that could be obtained by barter from the natives were one of the chief inducements towards the founding of a permanent settlement in a country other- wise ...
... less foreign to the white man than America or Australia . Cattle and sheep that could be obtained by barter from the natives were one of the chief inducements towards the founding of a permanent settlement in a country other- wise ...
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... less evenly dis- tributed over the year , but the amount varies a good deal from one place to another . The wettest part is found in the middle , round the Knysna forest lands . Locally these rainfall conditions are modified by relief ...
... less evenly dis- tributed over the year , but the amount varies a good deal from one place to another . The wettest part is found in the middle , round the Knysna forest lands . Locally these rainfall conditions are modified by relief ...
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... less fixed sum to acquire wives and cattle and were liable to work less as competition among employers raised the rates of wages . The dependence of the gold - mining industry on native labour from Portuguese East Africa , and the ...
... less fixed sum to acquire wives and cattle and were liable to work less as competition among employers raised the rates of wages . The dependence of the gold - mining industry on native labour from Portuguese East Africa , and the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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