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Excerpt from South African Sketches We had arrived at Karroo Poort at eight in the evening, after having crossed the sunbaked and dusty Karroo, with its hundreds upon hundreds of dry bones bleaching white by the roadside - the skeletons of oxen, mules, and horses, extending in an almost unbroken line all the way from Patatas River - and learned from the guard of the Transport Waggon the welcome intelligence that a halt of two hours would be a...

Excerpt from The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, EtcProfessor Waitz holds very similar views. He says The comparatively low degree of civilisation among the Negroes may be chie¿y explained by the relaxing effects of the climate, the geographical position of those regions, the few requirements as regards dress, food, and habitation, all of which Nature yields in abundance...

Excerpt from A History of the Gold Coast of West Africa Seven days' further sail brought the expedition to a large bay, to which they gave the name of the Western Horn. In this bay was an island, on which they landed. During the day all was calm, but at night strange appearances pre sented themselves: the mountains seemed to be all on fire, and the sound 01 drums and cymbals was mingled with strange cries. Terrified at these sights and sounds...

Excerpt from West African Islands The island of St. Helena was discovered in 1501 by a Portuguese explorer, who seems to be called, indifferently, Joao de Nova Gallego, Juan de Nova Castilla, Juan de Nova, or John de Niva, according to the taste of the writer. It was then densely wooded, and its shores abounded with seals and turtle, but he made no attempt to colonise it, and the first inhabitants of the island were some deserters, who were p...

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An elite regiment from the Caribbean This is an excellent regiment history of a British colonial force raised in the West Indies among the coloured population whose ancestors had in former times been brought against their will to the islands as slaves. This would be an understandable reason why such troops would not necessarily be of the highest order. However, the fact remains this regiment has been highly regarded and received the warmest p...

An elite regiment from the CaribbeanThis is an excellent regiment history of a British colonial force raised in the West Indies among the coloured population whose ancestors had in former times been brought against their will to the islands as slaves. This would be an understandable reason why such troops would not necessarily be of the highest order. However, the fact remains this regiment has been highly regarded and received the warmest pra...