An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798: Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography ... the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms, and Sketches of the Physical and Moral Characters of the Various Tribes ...G.F. Hopkins, 1802 - 386 pages |
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... Mouth of the Tush - river to Plettenberg's baaken , 225 which gives a parallelogram whose mean length is 550 , and mean breadth 233 , English miles , com- prehending an area of 128,150 square miles . This great extent of country ...
... Mouth of the Tush - river to Plettenberg's baaken , 225 which gives a parallelogram whose mean length is 550 , and mean breadth 233 , English miles , com- prehending an area of 128,150 square miles . This great extent of country ...
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... mouth of Olifant's river , which is about 210 miles . The first great chain of mountains that runs east and west incloses , between it and the southern coast , an irregular belt of land from twenty to sixty miles in width , indented by ...
... mouth of Olifant's river , which is about 210 miles . The first great chain of mountains that runs east and west incloses , between it and the southern coast , an irregular belt of land from twenty to sixty miles in width , indented by ...
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... mouth of Table Bay , which are used for steps , and for paving the terraces in front of most of the houses . Upon the schistus lies a body of strong clay , co- loured with iron , from a pale yellow to deep red , and abounding with brown ...
... mouth of Table Bay , which are used for steps , and for paving the terraces in front of most of the houses . Upon the schistus lies a body of strong clay , co- loured with iron , from a pale yellow to deep red , and abounding with brown ...
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... mouth , from the moment he rises till he retires to rest , except to give him time to swallow his sopie , or a glass of strong ardent spirit , to eat his meals , and to take his nap after dinner . Unwilling to work , and unable to think ...
... mouth , from the moment he rises till he retires to rest , except to give him time to swallow his sopie , or a glass of strong ardent spirit , to eat his meals , and to take his nap after dinner . Unwilling to work , and unable to think ...
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... mouth of which was said to be a farm - house , and several others behind the mountains . As these houses all belonged to the district of Graaff Reynet , the landrost was not without hopes of procuring the loan of fresh teams of bullocks ...
... mouth of which was said to be a farm - house , and several others behind the mountains . As these houses all belonged to the district of Graaff Reynet , the landrost was not without hopes of procuring the loan of fresh teams of bullocks ...
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