ZEERUST  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, 149 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail, via See also:

• KRUGERSDORP

Krugersdorp, N.N.W. of See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria and 33 M . N.E. of See also:

• MAFEKING

Mafeking . Pop . (1904) 1945 . It was founded in 1868 and is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of the Marico See also:

• DISTRICT

district, one of the most fertile regions of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . In the neighbourhood are See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, See also:

• ZINC

zinc and See also:

• SILVER

silver mines, and some 2o m . S. are the Malmani goldfields . The Marico Valley was occupied See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the l9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele, who had come from See also:

• ZULULAND

Zululand . They were driven out by See also:

• BOER

Boer trekkers in 1837 . To Boer cultivation the valley of the Marico See also:

• RIVER

river owes its fertility . See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

Wheat and oats are largely cultivated and almost all sub-tropical fruits flourish . Following the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of Mafeking, 17th of May 1900, Zeerust was occupied by the See also:

• BRITISH

British under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General R .

S . S . See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden-See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• POWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670)

Powell . Railway connexion with Pretoria was established in 1907 .