James Bryce

Bond

The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism.

Commando

The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country.

Cussedness

Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call “cussedness”).

Imperialism

The tide of English opinion began to turn about 1870, and since then it has run with increasing force in the direction of what is called imperialism.

Impi

As early as 1862 he crossed assagais with and defeated a Matabili impi (war band).

Jihad

[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Muslim dervishes of the Sudan, or of Muslims anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it.

Kaross

The wants of a native . . . are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.

laager

Wagons . . . can be readily formed into a laager, a camp, by being drawn into a circle, with the oxen placed inside and so kept safe from the attacks of wild beasts.

Most-favored-nation clause

There was a “most-favored-nation” clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering the Republic.

Trek

One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony.

To the north a trek was projected, and some years later was nearly carried out, for the occupation of the Mashonaland.

Trickle

Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.

Turn

The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it.