Footnote 64: There are, of course, in South Africa numerous minor and local watersheds (e.g., the Drakensberg, where they initiate the drainage of Natal in an easterly direction, and the mountains of southern Cape Colony, which send some of her rivers southward to the Indian Ocean). These have been necessarily almost disregarded in so general a survey of the sub-continent as that aimed at in the present chapter.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 65: E.G., the revolt of La Vendée, the resistance of the Maories, the Red Indians, the Achinese, the Montenegrins, of the Trans-Indus Highlanders, of Andreas Hofer's Tyrolese, of Shamyl's Caucasians.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 66: Exemptions similar to those which obtain in European schemes of universal service were sanctioned by the military law of the Boer Republics.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 67: These lists were of three kinds, comprising:—
- (I.) Youths under 18 and men over 50.
- (II.) Men between 18 and 34.
- (III.) Men between 34 and 50.
In the event of war, Class II. was first liable to service, then Class III., and, as a last resort, Class I.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 68: The following is a fairly accurate estimate in detail:—
| Mausers | 53,375 |
| Martini-Henry | 35,875 |
| Westley-Richards | 9,780 |
| Guedes | 6,049 |
| Lee-Metfords | 2,850 |
| Krag-Jörgensen | 200 |
| ———— | |
| 108,129 |
Besides the above, there were about 6,000 Webley pistols in store.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 69: Law of Reorganisation, 1896.[Back to Main Text]