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Le Vaillant obtained some decided information about the Gonaquas, a numerous race which must not be confounded with the Hottentots properly so called, but are probably the offspring of their intermarriage with the Kaffirs.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

By this time all had learnt to look cautiously out for the derailing of the trains, and Kaffirs with flags were posted at points in the line to signal if danger were ahead.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis

You remind me," said he, "when you're a-gate on your doctrines, of the Kaffirs out at Kimberley.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

The battalion tents are pitched among the rocks orPg 26 by the river side, where Kaffirs bathe more often and completely than you would otherwise suppose.

From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Nevinson, Henry W.

On the 22nd of May, our troops and colonists sustained a severe loss by the capture and partial destruction of forty-one waggons in the frightful pass where Colonel Richardson’s affray with the Kaffirs took place.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet