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... districts to which Sir Theophilus Shepstone alludes , and of which he makes such forcible use in his annexation ... district have been allowed to fall out of cultivation simply because wheat did not pay , -a sufficient reason to a ...
... districts to which Sir Theophilus Shepstone alludes , and of which he makes such forcible use in his annexation ... district have been allowed to fall out of cultivation simply because wheat did not pay , -a sufficient reason to a ...
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... districts are unhealthy for horses ; and all other things being equal , a farmer will prefer to live where he can ride to where he must walk . Wheat , when grown , had to be brought down by waggon to Natal - a distance of 400 miles - to ...
... districts are unhealthy for horses ; and all other things being equal , a farmer will prefer to live where he can ride to where he must walk . Wheat , when grown , had to be brought down by waggon to Natal - a distance of 400 miles - to ...
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... district called the " Middle- veld " of the Orange Free State - a district whose progress has been accelerated by its nearness to the Diamond Fields . There are hundreds of English farmers living away from the coast , whose houses are ...
... district called the " Middle- veld " of the Orange Free State - a district whose progress has been accelerated by its nearness to the Diamond Fields . There are hundreds of English farmers living away from the coast , whose houses are ...
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... district of the Great Middleveld , which a few years . ago was but a trackless plain of limestone and sand , great and important changes have been effected through the loan by Government to the farmers of capital destined for an ...
... district of the Great Middleveld , which a few years . ago was but a trackless plain of limestone and sand , great and important changes have been effected through the loan by Government to the farmers of capital destined for an ...
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... districts of the Transvaal , has repeatedly and publicly stated the extreme gratification he and his party felt at the kindness with which they were everywhere treated . A Scotch store - keeper also , who attempted to journey from Upper ...
... districts of the Transvaal , has repeatedly and publicly stated the extreme gratification he and his party felt at the kindness with which they were everywhere treated . A Scotch store - keeper also , who attempted to journey from Upper ...
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