History of the battles and adventures of the British, the Boers and the Zulus in Southern Africa

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MURRAYANDST. LEGER, CAPETOWN.
<JAN VAN RiEBEECK.
(FirstCapeCommander.)
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THE HISTORY
BATTLES AID ADVENTURES
OF
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IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
From the time of Pharaoh Necho, to 1880.
WITH COPIOUS CHEOUOIiOGT-
VOL.
I.
BT
DUNCAN CAMPBELL FRANCIS MOODIE.
"Ohblood and thunder! and oh blood and ivounds
These are bid. vulgar oaths, asyou may deem,
Toogentle reade—r! and most shocking sounds;
And so they are yet thus is Glory's dream_
Unriddled."—Byron.
COLOURED MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
CAPE TOWN:
MURRAY & ST. LEGER,
Parliamentary Printers and. Government Bookbinders.
1888.
All rights reserved.]