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# Seven Years in South Africa/Volume 1/Preface

PREFACE.
From the days of my boyhood I had been stirred with the desire to devote myself in some way to the exploration of Africa, and whenever I came across the narratives of travellers who had contributed anything towards the opening up of the dark continent, I only read them to find that they gave a more definite shape to my longings.
It was in 1872 that an opportunity was afforded me of gratifying my wish, and I then decided that South Africa should be the field of my researches. For seven years I applied myself to my undertaking with all the energy, and with the best resources that, as a solitary individual, I could command, and was enabled to make the three journeys which are described in the following pages.
On my third return to the Diamond-fields I was urged by my South African friends immediately to publish an account of my travels; my time, however, was so engrossed by my medical practice that I had no leisure for the purpose, and contented myself with merely sending a few fragmentary articles to some of the South African newspapers.
​But on arriving in London I was again so repeatedly solicited to make public wbat I had seen, that, on reaching home, I determined to issue these volumes containing an account of the leading incidents in my travelling experiences. To enter into the details of all the scientific observations that I made would occupy me for at least three years, and would interfere altogether with my scheme for returning to Africa as soon as possible, so that I have been satisfied to leave these results of my labours to be worked out by the co-operation of the men of science to whom they may be of interest.
I cherish the hope that these volumes may tend to increase the public interest which is now so powerfully drawn to South Africa, and I trust that the time is not far distant when I may submit to the public some further researches relating to “the continent of the future.”
EMIL HOLUB.
# Seven Years in South Africa/Volume 1/Front matter

Seven Years in South Africa:
TRAVELS, RESEARCHES, AND HUNTING ADVENTURES, BETWEEN THE DIAMOND-FIELDS AND THE ZAMBESI (1872–79).
BY
Dr. EMIL HOLUB.
TRANSLATED BY ELLEN E. FREWER.
WITH ABOUT TWO HUNDRED ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATlONS AND A MAP.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1881.
[All rights reserved.]
LONDON: GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.
# Seven Years in South Africa/Volume 2

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
From the Diamond Fields to the Molapo.
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CHAPTER II.
From Jacobsdal to Shoshong.
CHAPTER III.
From Shoshong to Great Salt Lakes.
CHAPTER IV.
From the Nataspruit to Tamasetze.
CHAPTER V.
From Tamasetze to the Chobe.
CHAPTER VI.
In the Valleys of the Chobe and the Zambesi.
CHAPTER VII.
First Visit to the Marutse Kingdom.
CHAPTER VIII.
Trip to the Victoria Falls.
CHAPTER IX.
Second Visit to the Marutse Kingdom.
CHAPTER X.
Up the Zambesi.
CHAPTER XI.
Back again in Sesheke.
CHAPTER XII.
Manners and Customs of the Marutse Tribes.
CHAPTER XIII.
In the Leshumo Valley.
CHAPTER XIV.
Through the Makalaka and West Matabele Countries.
CHAPTER XV.
From Shoshong to the Diamond Fields.
CHAPTER XVI.
Last Visit to the Diamond Fields.
CHAPTER XVII.
Through the Colony to the Coast.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.
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# Royal Naval Biography/Hurd, Thomas

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THOMAS HURD, Esq Late Hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty; Superintendant of Chronometers; and a Commissioner for the Discovery of Longitude. [Post-Captain of 1802.]
Previous to the first American war we find this officer assisting in a survey of Newfoundland, and afterwards completing his time as a Midshipman on board the flag-ships of the late Admiral Gambier and Earl Howe, by the latter of whom he was made a Lieutenant into the Unicorn frigate, commanded by Captain J. Ford, in 1777.
The Unicorn being coppered, was enabled to come up with and capture an unusually large number of American privateers and merchantmen, and Lieutenant Hurd, in consequence, realized a considerable sum, as had been predicted ​by the above nobleman, who, on presenting him with his commission, had advised him to purchase an iron chest to secure his prize-money in. In May 1779, she formed part of the squadron under Sir James Wallace, at the capture of la Danae French frigate, and the destruction of several other national vessels in Concale bay, on the coast of France.
Mr. Hurd was appointed to the Hercules in 1781; and commanded her main-deck guns, as second Lieutenant, on the glorious 12th April in the following year. He was subsequently removed, as first Lieutenant, into the Ardent, a 64-gun ship, recaptured from the French on that memorable occasion, and afterwards attached to the ill-fated convoy that sailed from Jamaica under Rear-Admiral Graves, and suffered so dreadfully in the hurricane of Sept. 17, 1782.
During the ensuing peace he was employed on various services; and it is to his scientific knowledge and sedulous exertions that we are indebted for our present knowledge of Murray’s anchorage, on the north side of the Bermudas. The geographical situation of those islands, as well as of the many banks and reefs, which on the north, east, and west sides, extend to the distance of three, four, and five leagues, was also first determined by him, and with the same fidelity as the channels leading to Castle Harbour and other places of anchorage. He afterwards commanded the Lily sloop of war; and in the summer of 1804, we find him engaged in a survey off Brest, the result of which was the production of an accurate chart denoting the soundings, and pointing out the exact position of the sunken rocks in the neighbourhood of that port. He succeeded Mr. Dalrymple as Hydrographer to the Admiralty in 1808, and died April 30, 1823.
* ↑ The experiment of covering ships’ bottoms with copper was first tried on the Alarm frigate in 1761; but the plan was not generally adopted tor many years afterwards.
* ↑ See Vol. I. p. 68.
* ↑ See id. p. 602.
* ↑ See Vol. I. p. 679.
# Royal Naval Biography/Hunn, Frederick

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FREDERICK HUNN, Esq. Harbour Master at Malta. [Post-Captain of 1822.]
Son of Mr. Hunn, once a respectable linen-draper at Exeter, but afterwards an actor, by a gentlewoman nearly related to the Sheridan family, and who had been twice before married – first, to George Canning, Esq. barrister-at-law, the father of our late Prime Minister; and secondly, to Mr. Reddish, a performer of great celebrity.
This officer was made lieutenant, April 5, 1811; appointed to the Royal George, a first rate. Captain Thomas F. C. Mainwaring, on the Mediterranean station, April 10, 1813 ; and promoted to the rank of commander, Aug. 27, 1814. His subsequent appointments were, Aug. 14, 1818, to the Redwing brig, of 18 guns, fitting for the St. Helena station; and June 25, 1822, to the Pandora of similar force, from which sloop he was posted, while serving at Newfoundland; and Nov. 28, 1823, to the Tweed 28, equipping for the Jamaica station, where he captured, in 1826, a fine schooner, with 276 slaves on board. He obtained post rank, Dec. 26, 1822; and the office of Harbour Master, at Malta, in July, 1828.
Captain Hunn married, Oct. 15th, 1814, Emma, only daughter of Vice-Admiral Francis Pickmore, who, on the day before he died, wrote a letter to Viscount Melville, in which he warmly recommended his son-in-law to that nobleman’s future patronage.
# Royal Naval Biography/Hunter, Lauchlan

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LAUCHLAN HUNTER, Esq [Superannuated Rear-Admiral.]
This officer was a Lieutenant in Rodney’s action, April 12, 1782; commanded the Antelope of 14 guns on the Jamaica station, in 1783; and obtained the rank of Post-Captain, Sept. 21, 1790. During the revolutionary war we find him employed in the impress service, at North Yarmouth. He was placed on the list of Superannuated Rear Admirals, May 12, 1808.
Residence.– Yarmouth, Norfolk.
# Royal Naval Biography/Hurdis, George Clarke

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GEORGE CLARKE HURDIS, Esq. [Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1795; promoted to the rank of commander in April, 1802; and subsequently employed in the Irish Sea-Fencible service.
# Royal Naval Biography/Hunt, Peter

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PETER HUNT, Esq [Post-Captain of 1803.]
This officer served as a Midshipman on board the Alcide 74, at the occupation of Toulon by the fleet under Lord Hood; and was promoted into the Courageux a ship of similar force immediately after the attack made upon Fornelli on the 30th Sept. 1793. He received the Turkish gold medal for his subsequent services in Egypt; obtained the rank of Commander in 1802; and was posted on his arrival in England with Sir Samuel Hood’s despatches announcing the surrender of Demerara in 1803. His last appointment was, about May 1805, to the Raisonable of 64 guns. He died at Cheltenham, much esteemed and regretted, Dec. 4, 1824.
# Royal Naval Biography/Hudson, John (b)

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JOHN HUDSON (b), Esq. [Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant, Aug. 26th, 1822, into the Bann 20, Captain Charles Phillips, on the African station, from whence he came home invalided. May 21st, 1823, as passenger on board the Thistle gun-brig. He was advanced to his present rank Dec. 5th, 1831; and appointed an inspecting commander of the coast guard, June 6th, 1833.
This officer married, April 12th, 1832, Emily, only daughter of the Rev. Patrick Keith, rector of Ruckinge and Stalisfield, both in the county of Kent.
# Royal Naval Biography/Huggins, James

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JAMES EDWARD HUGGINS, Esq. [Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant into the Rover sloop, Sept. 27th, 1810; appointed to the Majestic 58, Captain John Hayes, Mar. 8th, 1813; promoted to the rank of commander, June 15th, 1814; and granted a pension of £150 per annum, for wounds. May 28th, 1816.
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# School Song Knapsack/Star Spangled Banner

Star Spangled Banner.
(Pat's Pick, page 78; Franklin Square No. 1, page 65. Moderator Oct. 17, 1889.) Written by Francis Scott Key, 1814. 2 Flats.
O say, can you see by the dawn's early light,  What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,  O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming; And the rockets' red glare, and the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O, say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,  Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,  As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now It catches the gleam of the morning's first beam. In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream; 'Tis the Star Spangled Banner; O, long may It wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,  That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country shall leave us no more?  Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of fight or the gloom of the grave; And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O, thus be it ever when Freemen shall stand  Between their loved home and the war's desolation; Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heaven rescued land  Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation! And conquer we must when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!" And the Star Spangled Banner In triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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# School Song Knapsack/Touch Not the Cup

Touch Not the Cup.
(Pat's Pick, page 92; Song Budget, page 39.)
1 Flat
Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul;  Touch not the cup, touch not the cup; Many I know who have quaffed from that bowl;  Touch not the cup, touch it not. Little they thought that the demon was there, Blindly they drank and were caught in the snare; Then of that death-dealing bowl, O, beware,  Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Touch not the cup, when the wine glistens bright;  Touch not the cup, touch not the cup; Though like a ruby it shines in the light;  Touch not the cup, touch it not. Pangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl, Deeply the poison will enter thy soul, Soon it will plunge thee beyond thy control;
 Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Touch not the cup, young man, in thy pride;  Touch not the cup, touch not the cup; Hark to the warnings of thousands who've died;  Touch not the cup, touch it not. Go to their lonely and desolate tomb, Think of their death, of their sorrow, their gloom; Think that perhaps thou may'st share in their doom,  Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Touch not the cup, O, drink not a drop,  Touch not the cup, touch not the cup; All that thou lovest entreat thee to stop;  Touch not the cup, touch it not.
​ Stop! for the home that to thee is so dear, Stop! for the friends that to thee are so near, Stop! for the country in trembling and fear.  Touch not the cup, touch it not.
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# Schoolmistress

Having, with bold Horatius, stamped her feet And waved a final swashing arabesque O'er the brave days of old, she ceased to bleat, Slapped her Macaulay back upon the desk, Resumed her calm gaze and her lofty seat.
There, while she heard the classic lines repeat, Once more the teacher's face clenched stern; For through the window, looking on the street, Three soldiers hailed her. She made no return. One was called 'Orace whom she would not greet.
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# School Song Knapsack/Scotlands Burning

Scotland's Burning.
Round in four parts. (Pat's Pick, page 79; Franklin Square No. 2 p. 137.)
3 Sharps
Scotland's burning, Scotland's burning.  Look out ! Look out! Fire! fire! fire! fire!  Pour on water, pour on water
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# School Song Knapsack/Sweet By-and-By

Sweet By and By
(Pat's Pick, page 84.)1 Sharp
There's a land that is fairer than day,  And by faith we can see it afar; For the Father waits over the way,  To prepare us a dwelling place there.
Chorus—In the sweet by and by,  We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
We shall sing on that beautiful shore  The melodious songs of the blest, And our spirits shall sorrow no more,  Not a sigh for the blessings of rest.—Cho.
To our bountiful Father above,  We will offer our tribute of praise, For the glorious gifts of His love,  And the blessings that hallow our days.—Cho.
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# School Song Knapsack/Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.
(Pat's Pick, page 48.)
2 Flats
In the prison cell I sit,  Thinking, mother dear, of you, And our bright and happy home so far away,  And the tears they fill my eyes, Spite of all that I can do,  Tho' I try to cheer my comrades and be gay.
Chorus—  Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching, O, cheer up, comrades, they will come,  And beneath the starry flag we shall breathe the air again,  Of the free land in our own beloved home.
In the battle front we stood  When the fiercest charge they made, And they swept us off a hundred men or more,  But before we reached their lines They were beaten back dismayed,  And we heard the cry of victory, o'er and o'er. —Cho.
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# School Song Knapsack/Where Scholars do Their Best

Here’s Where Scholars Do Their Best.
(Tune, “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.” Pat’s Pick, page 42.)
2 Flats
In the schoolroom here we sit,  Hour by hour, and day by day; Can you tell me, schoolmates, why we hither come?  Why not glad, and free and gay,  Spend the time in sport and play, On the street, or in each happy, happy home?
Chorus—Come, O come, and we will tell you;  Here’s where scholars do their best:  If you only do the same,  You’ll be very glad you came,  And O, by and by we'll have our fun and  rest.
 In the schoolroom here you come,  Teachers, as the weeks go by, Would you never like to stay at home awhile?  As the sunny seasons fly,  For their pleasure do you sigh? How can we, your loving scholars, make you smile!
—Cho.
In the schoolroom now we see  Friendly faces, strange and new, We will sing you welcome, kindly, one and all.  We will gladly show to you,  Everything that we can do, As we sound once more our cheery, happy call.—Cho.
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# Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages/Book IV/Decree of March 7th, 1080, forbidding the same

​2. Decree of March 7th, 1080, forbidding the same.
Following the statutes of the holy fathers, as, in the former councils which by the mercy of God Ave have held, we decreed concerning the ordering of ecclesiastical dignities, so also now we decree and confirm: that, if any one henceforth shall receive a bishopric or abbey from the hand of any lay person, he shall by no means be considered as among the number of the bishops or abbots; nor shall any hearing be granted him as bishop or abbot. Moreover we further deny to him the favour of St. Peter and the entry of the church, until, coming to his senses, he shall ​desert the place that he has taken by the crime of ambition as well as by that of disobedience—which is the sin of idolatry. In like manner also we decree concerning the inferior ecclesiastical dignities.
Likewise if any emperor, king, duke, margrave, count, or any one at all of the secular powers or persons, shall presume to perform the investiture with bishoprics or with any ecclesiastical dignity,—he shall know that he is bound by the bonds of the same condemnation. And, moreover, unless he come to his senses and relinquish to the church her own prerogative, he shall feel, in this present life, the divine displeasure as well with regard to his body as to his other belongings: in order that, at the coming of the Lord, his soul may be saved.
# Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages/Book IV/Convention of Oppenheim

10. Convention of Oppenlieim.
(a.) Promise of the King to offer Obedience to the Pope. Being admonished to do so by the counsel of our faithful ones, I promise to observe in all things the obedience due to the apostolic see and to thee, pope Gregory, and will take care devoutly to correct and to render satisfaction for anything whereby a derogation to the honour of that same see, or to thine, has arisen through us. Since, moreover, certain very grave charges are brought against us concerning attempts which I am supposed to have made against that same see and against thy reverence: these, at a suitable time, I will either refute by the help of innocence and by the favour of God, or, failing this, I will at length willingly undergo a suitable penance for them. It behoves thy ​holiness also, moreover, not to veil those things which, spread, abroad concerning thee, cause scandal to the church —but rather, by removing this scruple too from the public conscience, to establish through thy wisdom the universal tranquillity of the church as well as of the kingdom.
(b.) Edict cancelling the Sentence against Gregory VII., October, 1076.
Henry, king by the grace of God, sends to the archbishops, bishops, margraves, counts and. dignitaries of every rank the honourable distinction of his goodwill. Inasmuch as we have been brought to recognize, through the representations of our faithful ones, that we have been wanting in clemency, in some regards, towards the apostolic see and. its venerable bishop, pope Gregory: it has pleased, us, in accordance with healthful counsel, to change our former sentence and. to observe, after the manner of our predecessors and progenitors, due obedience in all things to the holy see and to him who is known to preside over it, our master Gregory the pope. And if we have presumed to act too severely against him we will atone for it by rendering fitting satisfaction. We will, moreover, that ye also, warned by our Highness's example, do not hesitate to render solemn satisfaction to St. Peter and to his vicar; and that those of you who understand themselves to be bound by his bann do strive to be solemnly absolved by him—by our master, namely, Gregory the pope.
# Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages/Book IV/Decree of Nov. 19th, 1078, forbidding lay Investiture

II.
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE WAR OF THE INVESTITURES.
(Doeberl: " Monumenta Germaniae selecta," pp. 16-48.)
1. Decree of Nov. 19th, 1078, forbidding lay Investiture.
Inasmuch as we have learned that, contrary to the establishments of the holy fathers, the investiture with churches is, in many places, performed by lay persons; and that from this cause many disturbances arise in the church by which the Christian religion is trodden under foot: we decree that no one of the clergy shall receive the investiture with a bishopric or abbey or church from the hand of an emperor or king or of any lay person, male or female. But if he shall presume to do so he shall clearly know that such investiture is bereft of apostolic authority, and that he himself shall lie under excommunication until fitting satisfaction shall have been rendered.
# Royal Naval Biography/Pearson, Richard Harrison

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RICHARD HARRISON PEARSON, Esq [Post-Captain of 1798.]
This officer, a descendant from the elder branch of the Pearsons of Kippencross, in Scotland, is the eldest son of the late Sir Richard Pearson, Knt., who died Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, in Jan. 1806, by Margaret, third daughter of Francis Harrison, of Appleby, Westmoreland, Esq..
​He was made a Lieutenant in 1793; commanded the Stork sloop of war in 1797, and in that vessel captured the Lynx, a French privateer of 14 guns and 50 men. His post commission bears date Aug. 7, 1798.
On the 18th May 1803, the very day on which the declaration of renewed hostilities against France issued from St. James’s, Captain Pearson, in the Doris frigate, being off Ushant, fell in with and captured l’Affronteur, a French lugger of 14 guns, long 9-pounders, and 92 men. This vessel kept up a running fight with the Doris till the instant Captain Pearson laid her alongside; nor did she then give up a contest so fraught with temerity, until 9 men, including her captain, were killed, and 14 wounded. Luckily only 1 man was wounded on board the frigate. From this period Captain Pearson cruised, with very great success, against the enemy’s trade, until the month of September following, when he was obliged to come on shore through ill health. He subsequently commanded the Dictator of 64 guns, and Benbow, a third-rate. The latter ship received the flag of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, when the Lords Commissioners, attended by the Navy, Transport, and Victualling Boards, visited Portsmouth, in September 1818.
Captain Pearson married, in 1799, Miss Maria Holmes, of Westcombe Park, near Greenwich.
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