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" ... 24 feet in diameter, and so low that a middle-sized man cannot stand upright in them. The fire-place is in the middle, and they sit or lie round it in a circle. The low door is the only place that admits the light, and the only outlet that is left... "
Brookes's General Gazetteer Improved: Or, A New and Compendious Geographical ... - Page 9
by Richard Brookes - 1812 - 769 pages
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The Universal Gazetteer: Being a Concise Description ... of the Nations ...

John Walker - Atlases - 1795 - 806 pages
...turn the fteak he is broiling over the coal. The order of thefe huts, in a cranl, or clan, is moft frequently in the form of a circle, with the doors...yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. The milk, as foon as it is taken from the cow, is put to other milk, which is curdled, and is kept...
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The Universal Gazetteer: Being a Concise Description ... of the Nations ...

John Walker - Geography - 1801 - 978 pages
...turn tlie lieik he is broiling over the coals. The order of thefe huts, in a krtal, or clan, is moll frequently in the form of a circle, •with the doors...yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. The milk, as fooii as it is taken from the cow, is put to othsr milk, which is curdled, and is kept...
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The universal gazetteer

John Walker - Gazetteers - 1807 - 1002 pages
...kraal, or clan, is moll frequently in the torin of a circle, with the doors inward ; by which means n kind of yard is formed, where the Cattle are kept at night. The milk, as loon as it is taken from the cow, is put to other milk, which is curdled, and 'ч kept...
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Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean, and Up the Red Sea: With ...

Richard Renshaw - Africa - 1813 - 218 pages
...broiling over the faggots, The order of these hats, in a kraal, or clan, is most frequently in thejform of a circle, with the doors inward; by which means...yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night, the milk, as soon as it is taken from dm cow, is put to other milk which is curdled, and is kept in...
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A Voyage to South America and the Cape of Good Hope: In His Majesty's Brig ...

Sir George Mouat Keith - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1819 - 160 pages
...his pipe, or else, sometimes to turn the steak he is broiling over the coal. The order of these huts in a craal, or clan, is most frequently in the form...circle, with the doors inward ; by which means a kind of a yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. The milk, as soon as it is taken from the cow,...
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The General Gazetteer: Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary ...

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1827 - 756 pages
...and th« only outlet that is left for the smoke. The order of these huts in a kraal, or village, ii most frequently in the form of a circle, with the...yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. Among other tribes of Hottentots, ue the Bosjesmaus, who inhabit the interior part of the country,...
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A new universal gazetteer: containing a description of the principal nations ...

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1832 - 864 pages
...admits the light, and the only outlet that is left for the smoke. The order of these huts in a kraal, or clan, is most frequently in the form of a circle,...at night. Such are the Hottentots in the vicinity oí the Cape of Good Hope. In 1778, lieutenant Paterson visited a Hottentot village in Little Namaqua...
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A New Universal Gazetteer: Containing a Description of the Principal Nations ...

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1839 - 828 pages
...admits the light, and the only outlet that is left for the smoke. The order of these huts in a kraal, or clan, is most frequently in the form of a circle,...at night. Such are the Hottentots in the vicinity ofthe Cspe of Good Hope, in 1778, lieutenant Fateraon visited a Hottentot village in Little Namaqua...
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A New Universal Gazetteer: Containing a Description of the Principal Nations ...

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1839 - 834 pages
...admits the light, and the only outlet that is left for the smoke. The order of these huts in a kraal, or clan, is most frequently in the form of a circle,...at night. Such are the Hottentots in the vicinity ofthe Cape of Good Hope. In 1778, lieutenant Paterson visited a Hottentot village in Little Namaqua...
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A system of geography, including also the elements of astronomy

Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - 1839 - 348 pages
...place that admits the light, and the only outlet that is left for the smoke. The order of these huts, in a craal or clan, is most frequently in the form...yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. It would now appear, however, that they possess several large towns in the interior. With respect to...
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