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They are the Africans with whom the world of to-morrow must reckon, just as the world of yesterday knew them to its cost. Cf. "Ethiopia Oriental," by J. Dos Santos, in Theal's Records of South Africa, Vol. Barbosa, quoted in Keane, II, 482. It was called Sofala, from an Arabic word, and may be associated with the Ophir of Solomon.
A minute description of the instrument, and of its magical power to raise a wind, is given in Theal's 'Kaffir Folklore, p. 209. The bull-roarer has not been made a subject of particular research; very probably later investigations will find it in other parts of the modern world besides America, Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
The story of the Potchefstroom revolt is little known in England, but it is told in Theal's 'Standard History of South Africa, and very instructive reading it is. Dr.
The following extract gives the best possible synopsis of the causes, and should whet an appetite which can be gratified by the purchase of Mr. Theal's book: Why, then, did these men abandon their homes, sacrifice whatever property could not be carried away, and flee from English rule as from the most hateful tyranny?
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