A Tour in South Africa: With Notices of Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Egypt, and PalestineJ. Snow, 1851 - 492 من الصفحات |
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aborigines Adam Kok Andries appeared attend Basutos Beaufort Bechuanas Bethelsdorp Blinkwater Boers Bowker British Government British Kaffraria Bushmen Buxton called Cape Town cattle chapel character chief Christian church civilization colonists colony coloured commenced Commissioner congregation distance Dutch emigrant England European Excellency farmers favour Fingoes Fort Beaufort friends Gonas Governor Graham's Town Griquas heathen honour Hottentots houses hundred huts journey Kaffir police Kaffir war Kaffirland Kaffraria Kat River Settlement King William's Town Kolobeng kraals Kuruman labour land late letter London Missionary Society Lord Madoor magistrate ment miles Missionary Institutions Moshesh mountain Natal native tribes neighbourhood obtained occupied Orange River Orange River Sovereignty out-stations oxen parties passed Philippolis Philipton population portion present proceeded reached remarks residence respecting schools Sir H Sir Harry Smith South Africa Sovereignty spot Stockenstrom stream Sunday Tambookies teachers territory Tidmanton tion treaty village wagon women
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الصفحة 381 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the VIII sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
الصفحة 485 - China ; its State and Prospects, with especial Reference to the Diffusion of the Gospel ; containing Allusions to the Antiquity, Extent, Population, Civilization, Literature, Religion, and Manners of the Chinese ; with Remarks on the Opium Trade.
الصفحة 485 - The Evangelical Alliance; its Origin and Development. Containing Personal Notices of its Distinguished Friends in Europe and America. Post 8vo., cloth, 8s. 6d. - Liberty of Conscience illustrated, and the Social Relations sustained by Christians as Members of the Commonwealth considered. By Rev.
الصفحة 482 - The History of the Revival and Progress of Independency in England, since the Period of the Reformation.
الصفحة 4 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
الصفحة 486 - The Elevation of the People, Instructional, Moral, and Social. By Rev. Thomas Milner, MA 8vo. cloth, 10s. 6d. ' - Astronomy and Scripture ; or, Some Illustrations of that Science, and of the Solar, Lunar, Stellar, and Terrestrial Phenomena of Holy Writ.
الصفحة 277 - One remarkable feature in this river is its periodical rise and fall. It has risen nearly three feet in height since our arrival, and this is the dry season. That the rise is not caused by rains is evident from the water being so pure. Its purity and softness increased as we ascended towards its junction with the Tamunakle, from which, although connected with the lake, it derives the present increased supply. The sharpness of the air caused an amazing keenness of appetite, at an elevation of little...
الصفحة 277 - The higher we ascended the river, the broader it became, until we often saw more than 100 yards of clear deep water between the broad belt of reed which grows in the shallower parts. The water was clear as crystal, and as we approached the point of junction with other large rivers reported to exist in the North, it was quite soft and cold. The fact that the Zonga is connected with large rivers coming from the north awakens emotions in my mind, which make the discovery of the lake dwindle out of sight....
الصفحة 277 - I dislike to be beaten, — when my kind and generous friend Mr Oswell, with whom alone the visit to Sebitoane was to be made, offered to bring up a boat at his own expense from the Cape, which, after visiting the chief, and coming round the north end of the lake, will become missionary property.
الصفحة 485 - Recollections of a Tour. A Summer Ramble in Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland ; including Sketches of the Minor States of Germany, the Fatherland of the Reformation, Modern Reform in Continental Churches, and the Condition of the Dispersed Jews. Post 8vo, cloth, 9s. The Evangelical Alliance; its Origin and Development.