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Author Aylward, Alfred, 1843-1889.

Title The Transvaal of to-day : war, witchcraft, sport, and spoils in South Africa
Published Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood and sons, 1878

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 ADPML SPC  916.82 Ayl/Tot  LIB USE ONLY
Description xii, 428 pages : folded map. ; 23 cm
Series Kessinger Publishing's rare reprints
Kessinger Publishing's rare reprints.
Summary An intelligent account, by the prominent Aylward, commandant, Transvaal Republic and Captain, Late Lydenberg Volunteer Corps, of the existing political and social situation and the rebellion which broke out in Transvaal. Contents: History of the Boers; The Boer of Today; First Secocoeni War; Lydenberg Volunteer Corps.;The Lydenberg Volunteer Corps at the Gold Fields; The Lydenberg Volunteer Corps Again-1877; Transvaal Resources; Wild and Hostile Kafirs; Secocoeni; Our Tame Kafirs; Our Superstitions; Our Sports and Travels; Blundering; Plundering; Stirring Events-Sir Theophilus and How He Did It; Distinguished Visitors; Second or Present War; Fights and Failures; Today in the Transvaal; and The Key to the Future
Notes Facsimile reprint of the original edition
Subject Hunting -- South Africa -- Transvaal.
Sports -- South Africa -- Transvaal.
SUBJECT Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137092
Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- To 1880. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137095
Transvaal (South Africa) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137094
Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- War of 1880-1881. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137096
LC no. 47039815
ISBN 141791226X
Other Titles Transvaal of today