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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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A Universal Gazetteer; Or, Geographical Dictionary: Founded on the Works of ...

George Landmann - Gazetteers - 1836 - 872 pages
...order of these huts in a kraal, or village, is most frequently in the form of a circle, with the door inward ; by which means a kind of yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. Among other trilies of Hottentots, are the Bosjesmans, who inhabit the interior part of the country,...
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A Universal Gazetteer; Or, Geographical Dictionary: Founded on the Works of ...

George Landmann - Gazetteers - 1840 - 810 pages
...extending 350 ma along w Atlantic ocean from the mouth of the in Lt 29.35 -. to the cape of Good door inward ; by which means a kind of yard is formed, where the rattle are kept at ni.lit. Among other tribe* of Hottentots, are the Bosio|*; and thence K. 500 m,...
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A System of Geography,: On a New and Easy Plan, from the Latest and Best ...

Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - Geography - 1848 - 418 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,...yard is formed, where the cattle are kept at night. With respect to the Hottentots in general, none of them seem to have any religion, nor do they appear...
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A General Gazetteer, Or Compendious Geographical Dictionary

Richard Brookes - 1849 - 818 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. From the atrocious system of indiscriminate slaughter practised toward them by their oppressors, the...
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The general gazetteer: or, Compendious geographical dictionary. revised by A ...

Richard Brookes - 1869 - 1010 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. From the atrocious system of indiscriminate slaughter practised toward »hem by their oppressors, the...
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