Travels and Researches in Caffraria: Describing the Character, Customs, and Moral Condition of the Tribes Inhabiting that Portion of Southern Africa |
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| Title | Travels and Researches in Caffraria: Describing the Character, Customs, and Moral Condition of the Tribes Inhabiting that Portion of Southern Africa |
| Author | Stephen Kay |
| Publisher | John Mason, 1833 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 509 pages |
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