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Author: William Henry Giles Kingston Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 251
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'Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand' is an adventure novel written by William Henry Giles Kingston. The story features a lush description of the setting in Zululand, a wild region with a mixture of different landscapes such as mountains, valleys, plains, and plateaus. A wagon drawn by a team of twelve oxen was seen traveling in the direction of Natal. The oxen were well trained and pulled steadily. The driver was part of the Khoikhoi tribe, who was standing on a board in front and used a large whip to encourage the animals.
Author: William Henry Giles Kingston Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 251
Book Description
'Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand' is an adventure novel written by William Henry Giles Kingston. The story features a lush description of the setting in Zululand, a wild region with a mixture of different landscapes such as mountains, valleys, plains, and plateaus. A wagon drawn by a team of twelve oxen was seen traveling in the direction of Natal. The oxen were well trained and pulled steadily. The driver was part of the Khoikhoi tribe, who was standing on a board in front and used a large whip to encourage the animals.
Author: W. H. G. Kingston Publisher: ISBN: 9781449923662 Category : Languages : en Pages : 314
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A passage from the book... Zululand is a wild region of mountain ranges, deep valleys and gorges, roaring torrents, rapidly flowing rivers, plains covered with mimosa bushes, meadows where cattle pasture and grow fat, and level plateaux extending for many miles across it, several hundred feet above the level of the ocean; while scattered here and there, in some parts pretty thickly, are to be seen the kraals or villages and the mealy grounds of the natives. Wild as is the country, and although roads, properly speaking, there are none, it is sufficiently practicable for waggons in various directions.Some few years back, one of these vehicles, drawn by a span of twelve oxen, was seen slowly wending its way to the south-west, in the direction of Natal. It was a loosely yet strongly built machine on four wheels, fourteen feet long and four wide, formed of well-seasoned stink wood, the joints and bolts working all ways, so that, as occasionally happened, as it slowly rumbled and bumped onward, when the front wheel sank into a deep hole, the others remained perfectly upright. It was tilted over with thick canvas impervious to rain, the goods or passengers inside being thus well sheltered from the hardest showers, and even from the hot rays of the sun.The oxen pulled steadily together, as became animals long accustomed to work in company. On a board in front stood a Hottentot driver, his black visage surmounted by a broad-brimmed straw hat ornamented by a few ostrich feathers twined round the crown, while his hand held a whip of Brobdignagian proportions, the stock being fully fourteen feet, and the lash upwards of twenty-four feet in length, with which he occasionally urged on the leaders, or drew blood from the animals beneath his feet, as well as from those intermediate in the span, whenever a rise in the ground or its unusual roughness required an additional exertion of their strength.
Author: William Henry Giles Kingston Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781022062955 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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This 19th century adventure story follows the exploits of a brave hunter on the wild frontier of colonial South Africa. Featuring thrilling chase scenes, epic battles, and a cast of unforgettable characters, Hendricks the Hunter is a timeless classic of the genre. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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