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  • Through the dulled noises of London there came to their ears the click of the wheels of a cape-wagon, the crack of the Kaffir's whip, the creak of the disselboom.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • You are as welcome as you were in the days when we trekked from the Veal to Pietersburg and on into Bechuanaland, and both slept in the cape-wagon under one blanket.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Through the dulled noises of London there came to their ears the click of the wheels of a cape-wagon, the crack of the Kaffir's whip, the creak of the disselboom.

    The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897

  • You are as welcome as you were in the days when we trekked from the Veal to Pietersburg and on into Bechuanaland, and both slept in the cape-wagon under one blanket.

    The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897

  • a spruit, or a Kaffir's kraal; of oxen leaning against the disselboom of a cape-wagon; of a herd of steinboks, or a little colony of meerkats in the karoo.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • a spruit, or a Kaffir's kraal; of oxen leaning against the disselboom of a cape-wagon; of a herd of steinboks, or a little colony of meerkats in the karoo.

    The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897

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