BOERS

are the fanners of Dutch origin in South Africa. In ’1836-37 they 'trekked' to Natal, where they ill treated the natives, so the British annexed the country in 1843. In 1848 they began to form the present Transvaal, having left their previous settlement. They now occupy the Transvaal, Orange State, and the New Republic in Zululand. They are rigid Calvinists and very cruel.