History of the Cape Mounted Riflemen: With a Brief Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope : Illustrated with Drawings of the Standards and the Costume of an Officer of the CorpsJ.W. Parker, 1837 - 32 sivua |
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advantage Africa Algoa Bay arduous duties assagais Author Bartholomew Diaz Bible BISHOP BUTLER British Army called Cape Corps CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN Cape Regiment Cape Town Captain CHALDEA CHEMISTRY Christian Church Colonel colonists command depredations detachment Divines Dutch Dutch East India employed England English enterprise establish a colony Fish River forms frontier governor Graham's Town head of cattle head-quarters Henry Somerset HISTORY Hope hostile Hottentots hundred Indian Jesus College JOHN Kafirland Kafirs King's College labour land Large Sheets Lately published Lieut.-Colonel Somerset Literature London Lord Major Fraser Major Lyster manders ment military Miss R. M. ZORNLIN Mountain natives navigators numbers of settlers Octavo officers patroles period PHILOSOPHY Portuguese possession Press Professor prove record RECREATIONS Regi regiment devolved Richard Cannon Riebeck Royal Sacred scouring the bush Scripture Sermons ships Simon's Town soldiers stationed submissive race T'Slambie tribes United Provinces University of Cambridge Volumes WEST STRAND Wolcott fund Wood-Cuts
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