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Page 151
... taken in 1848 , showed a total white population of 4,622 ; by December 1850 it had risen to 5,886 , which was by no means an impressive result after twenty years of colonisation . However , by then the colonists had taken practical ...
... taken in 1848 , showed a total white population of 4,622 ; by December 1850 it had risen to 5,886 , which was by no means an impressive result after twenty years of colonisation . However , by then the colonists had taken practical ...
Page 296
... taken prisoners , and many of the fugitives were intercepted by the cavalry . I afterwards brought the infantry , and a portion of the mounted police , in charge of the prisoners and wounded , to camp , directing the remainder of the ...
... taken prisoners , and many of the fugitives were intercepted by the cavalry . I afterwards brought the infantry , and a portion of the mounted police , in charge of the prisoners and wounded , to camp , directing the remainder of the ...
Page 354
... taken from his belt three ounces of gold . Some few stragglers are returning to extract the dust from their rich piles of wash dirt ; but many have had it washed up for them by the friends they left behind them . The excuse raised by ...
... taken from his belt three ounces of gold . Some few stragglers are returning to extract the dust from their rich piles of wash dirt ; but many have had it washed up for them by the friends they left behind them . The excuse raised by ...
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