The life and letters of Sir John Hall ... / by S.M. Mitra ; with an introduction by Rear-Admiral Sir R. Massie Blomfield .. ; with portraits and illustrations.

  • Mitra, Siddha Mohana, 1856-1925.
Date:
1911
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Credit: The life and letters of Sir John Hall ... / by S.M. Mitra ; with an introduction by Rear-Admiral Sir R. Massie Blomfield .. ; with portraits and illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PACES William’s Town—^Debe Flats—Camp—Prospects of the war —Sandilli’s kraal burnt—Umbazine Flats—Heavy rain— Keiskamma Hoek—Earthworms—Sir Harry Smith, Gover- nor-General and Commander-in-Chief—Amatola Mountains —Horse-stealing—Devastation policy for Kafir War— Official returns—Sandilli, Kafir chief, captured—Pato and Kxeh—Loss of horses—Fight with the Kafirs—Fort Warden —Hottentot levies—Medical officers—^Liberation of Sandilli —Natal—Panda, Zooloo chief—Sir H. Pottinger’s depar- ture—Sir H. Smith and the Kafirs—^Dutch Boers trekking— Captain Warden—Hospital inspections—Sir George Berke- ley’s departure—Services acknowledged—Cape Town— Simon’s Bay—Visitors from India—Cape privileges—Sir H. Smith and the Boers—Ladies on board ship—House described 176—224 CHAPTER IX THE BOER FIGHTING OF 1848 Sir Harry Smith’s career—His policy—End of Kafir War—Boers— Irregular marriages legalized—Boer uprising under Pretorius —Sir Harry Smith to the front—^Across Orange River— Colesberg—Defeat of Boers at Boom Platz—Bloemfontein— Bethany—Punishments and clemency—Prospects of peace with Boers—General orders—Return to Cape Town—Kreli —Dr. Jameson—Medical institutions—Marriage of Dr. Hall at Cape Town—Account of previous proceedings against Kafirs—Failure of Burghers—^The Boers—The Gaika Kafirs —Sandilli—His escape—Recapture—Peace - - 225—247 CHAPTER X LIFE AT THE CAPE (1848-1849) Life at Cape Town—Medical institutions—Proposal to land convicts at Cape Town—Illness of Sir H. Smith—His praise of Dr. Hall—His illness continued—Opposition to the ” Penal Settlement ” proposal—The Anti-ConHct Associa- tion—Combination to starve Government officers—^Energetic measures—Kafirs—British Kafraria—Convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land ------ 248—262 CHAPTER XI THE EIGHTH KAFIR WAR (1850-1851) Rising of Kafirs—Dr. Hall to the front with the Governor—To King William’s Town—Kafir raids and Hottentot risings— Movements of Sir H. Smith—Loss of Birkenhead—Recall of