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Title: Incwadi Yami; or, twenty years' personal experience in South Africa

Author: J. W. Matthews

Release date: August 14, 2022 [eBook #68747]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887

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HON: J. W. MATTHEWS M.D. M.L.C.
VICE-PRESIDENT.

HON: G. BOTTOMLEY M.L.C.
KIMBERLEY.

HON: JOHN PADDON M.L.C.
BARKLY.

HON: HENRY GREEN M.L.C.
HAY.

HON: JAMES ROSE INNES. C.M.G.
PRESIDENT.

HON: F. J. VILLIERS.
ACTING COLL. SECY.

HON: H. B. WRIGHT.
TREASURER GENL.

HON: LEIGH HOSKYNS.
ATTORNEY GENL.

MR. ADVOCATE LANGE.
CLERK.

INCWADI YAMI
OR
TWENTY YEARS’ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
IN
SOUTH AFRICA

BY
J. W. MATTHEWS, M.D.
Late Vice-President of the Legislative Council of South Africa, and late Senior Member for Kimberley in the Cape House of Assembly
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
ST. DUNSTAN’S HOUSE
FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E. C.
1887
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]
To
MY FELLOW COLONISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
AND ESPECIALLY TO
MY FRIENDS ON THE DIAMOND FIELDS
WHO HAVE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS RETURNED ME AT
THE HEAD OF THE POLL TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE
COUNCILS OF THEIR COUNTRY, I RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATE THE FOLLOWING NOTES FROM
AN EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING
TWENTY YEARS
OF, I HOPE, A NOT ALTOGETHER USELESS LIFE AMONG THEM.