Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Bind 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 |
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Side 49
... miles of territory ; was himself of chief- tain's stock , an hereditary and acknowledged leader , and be- sides had those gifts of char- acter and intellect which raised him above those born his equals , securing for him the esteem and ...
... miles of territory ; was himself of chief- tain's stock , an hereditary and acknowledged leader , and be- sides had those gifts of char- acter and intellect which raised him above those born his equals , securing for him the esteem and ...
Side 57
... miles of territory ; was himself of chief- tain's stock , an hereditary and acknowledged leader , and be- sides had those gifts of char- acter and intellect which raised him above those born his equals , securing for him the esteem and ...
... miles of territory ; was himself of chief- tain's stock , an hereditary and acknowledged leader , and be- sides had those gifts of char- acter and intellect which raised him above those born his equals , securing for him the esteem and ...
Side 63
... miles - probably more , if need of extra caution took them off the direct route ; all of it , after the first fifty miles , through a region nearly as virgin and difficult of access as it was in the days of the Voortrekkers , for ...
... miles - probably more , if need of extra caution took them off the direct route ; all of it , after the first fifty miles , through a region nearly as virgin and difficult of access as it was in the days of the Voortrekkers , for ...
Side 64
... miles differed only from the mountain and veld they traversed by being not absolutely impassable , and for the greater part of the way it would need an expert to define them . Hartley's heart failed him , and visions of a premature ...
... miles differed only from the mountain and veld they traversed by being not absolutely impassable , and for the greater part of the way it would need an expert to define them . Hartley's heart failed him , and visions of a premature ...
Side 65
... mile . In two days they had left the desert - like grass plains of the high veld , and had entered a country that ... miles the route would be through a bit of country so delightfully level that motion became a pleasure , the wheels ...
... mile . In two days they had left the desert - like grass plains of the high veld , and had entered a country that ... miles the route would be through a bit of country so delightfully level that motion became a pleasure , the wheels ...
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