Vulgar words in South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) - From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum - of 9th Oct. 1899 (Page 1)
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Mr. Fisher, in his book on "The Transvaal and the Boers," avers that in the subsequent war with the Griquas--who, being the bastard children of the Boers, possess many of their peculiarities--the two opposing parties kept at such ludicrous distances that the springboks quietly grazing on the plains between were frequently shot instead of the combatants.
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They must be burghers of the Dutch Reformed Church, residents, and owners of landed property in the Republic; no native nor bastard was to be admitted to the Raad.