Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 238William Blackwood, 1935 - England |
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... river has been known to rise 20 feet in two hours . Ay , a river of temperament , this ; a passionate river . It is South Africa's only river of any consequence ; from the peaks of the Drakensberg on the borders of Natal it slashes ...
... river has been known to rise 20 feet in two hours . Ay , a river of temperament , this ; a passionate river . It is South Africa's only river of any consequence ; from the peaks of the Drakensberg on the borders of Natal it slashes ...
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... river from British territory to German . Still , the Orange River is God's gift to Thirstland , for it alone provides a long string of fertile oases among millions of parched acres . This river , which the natives and the older Boer ...
... river from British territory to German . Still , the Orange River is God's gift to Thirstland , for it alone provides a long string of fertile oases among millions of parched acres . This river , which the natives and the older Boer ...
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... river . North and south of the Orange River there ap- peared to be about a thousand morgen of land which might be workable . But the only way to reach it was over the moun- tains . Alternately the place could possibly be approached from ...
... river . North and south of the Orange River there ap- peared to be about a thousand morgen of land which might be workable . But the only way to reach it was over the moun- tains . Alternately the place could possibly be approached from ...
Contents
REINSTATEMENT BY PHYSICIAN | 212 |
SCRATTON BY J CHARTRES MOLONY | 289 |
THE CALEUCHE BY SHALIMAR | 328 |
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