Walfish Bay
Americannoun
noun
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Germany now owns the whole of it, save the port of Walfish Bay, which has been retained for and is administered by Cape Colony.
From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
No more arid or barren coast is to be found anywhere, and in its whole long stretch there is but one tolerable port, that of Walfish Bay.
From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
A line drawn from Port Elizabeth north-west across the Karroo in the direction of Walfish Bay roughly divides the regions of the winter and summer rains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
In 1884 Great Britain seized Walfish Bay, the only good harbour, and also some of the guano islands off the coast.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by Parrott, James Edward
We at length reached Walfish Bay, where we found a vessel, the Flying Fish, just on the point of sailing for the Cape.
From In the Wilds of Africa by Pearse, Alfred
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