Show Basu toland the of 0 which have been f to me aia months pas past it in a state ol of incura aou la Is cons consequence consequent equen ce of 0 the ill PI n 1 v jj id policy ol of tho the british authorities vf r capia colony in withdrawing tho aminti which they lad had previously gragat oil them is ia a territory north of t tho he orange river of about i seven 13 ven thousand thon square miles anil and containing a population of 0 lonio souls mountains from seven to oine nine thousand tholand toot feet high bound the region on tho the south booth and out while what ura are callej ilia plains are leads five thousand fact above the lord level of the sen bea it ia 13 a very tery fertile region producing largo large quantities of cereald ce roald anil including a some ome excellent pasture 9 well adopted for general minerals especially coal copper sul iron are eel 1 t to 0 abound once baco before in 18 1852 british soldiers eol diera had aaa an opportunity oil of testing ILA courage and ancl strategy of the tribes sir george cathcart then thea found them to be enemies th flioy I 1 y have been several times at war with their neighbors orB of the orange arango free 6 late and in 1865 while one of thearl contests was in progress they made a raid into natal anti and carried bif oil a good beal of stock block and other property for which however they were subsequently conr com pallid to make compensation in they vote taken under british protection und in ia 1871 they were annexed to the capo colony prom from that time until tho the beginning of tho the present trouble they have been generally inane trio usand well behaved behoved tho the faett that hat they were allowed to havo have arms arins even when the zulu war was going on being evidence in in their favor and ana the miti min sio narice have hava found B more successful fiala of labor than tiny any of lit the a other native dative territories |