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bushes run in zigzags across
Cow-paths, marked only by the worn edges of the bushes, run in zigzags across the hillside and up to the plateau.
— from The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan

Boer raids into Zululand and
British Government put a stop to Boer raids into Zululand, and confined them to a territory of nearly 3000 square miles; to be known as the "New Republic."
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke


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