The early annals of Kokstad and Griqualand East . ket -all this the work of an hour, and the Griqua was off full tilt tothe meeting-place of his particular ward. This litile Griqua army discharged the service asked forsatisfactorily, and, I believe, free of charge to GovernmentThe combined force checked the southward movement of therebels, and drove the Hlubi into the arms of Colonel Griffith, inBasutoland. J/r Orpcn now found from this a new text, fiom whichto preach Annexation, which was his favourite theme Dovou not see, he said, that until such time as you annex thewhole territory, stretch

The early annals of Kokstad and Griqualand East . ket -all this the work of an hour, and the Griqua was off full tilt tothe meeting-place of his particular ward. This litile Griqua army discharged the service asked forsatisfactorily, and, I believe, free of charge to GovernmentThe combined force checked the southward movement of therebels, and drove the Hlubi into the arms of Colonel Griffith, inBasutoland. J/r Orpcn now found from this a new text, fiom whichto preach Annexation, which was his favourite theme Dovou not see, he said, that until such time as you annex thewhole territory, stretch Stock Photo

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The early annals of Kokstad and Griqualand East . ket -all this the work of an hour, and the Griqua was off full tilt tothe meeting-place of his particular ward. This litile Griqua army discharged the service asked forsatisfactorily, and, I believe, free of charge to GovernmentThe combined force checked the southward movement of therebels, and drove the Hlubi into the arms of Colonel Griffith, inBasutoland. J/r Orpcn now found from this a new text, fiom whichto preach Annexation, which was his favourite theme Dovou not see, he said, that until such time as you annex thewhole territory, stretching from the one Colony to the other, andfrom the Drakensberg to the sea, you nill alwaijs have a landvacuuvi, which will offer a possible asylum for discontented anddangerous spirits. At thi, s nail in the coffin of Griquaindependence he hammered vigorously, in his despatches toGovernment and Eeports to Parliament. He might havesummed up his case in the simple statement that John Bull, like Nature, abhors a vacuum, in the possession of the earth.. Q< O o D o <! 2

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